Pak ISI DG to be replaced soon

October 08, 2016 11:03

Pakistan media has reported that Lt General Rizwan Akhtar, the Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate is likely to be replaced within the next few weeks.

Lt. General Akhtar was appointed as the head of ISI in September 2014 and took office in November 2014.

Quoting official sources, the Nation states that a security official privy to the development, confirmed the impending change of command and said that preparations were underway for the changes.

However, he may be leaving the position earlier than the typical three-year tenure of a ISI DG.

The report further states that the corps commander of Karachi, Lt General Naveed Mukhtar, is most likely to replace him.

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