Lt Gen Muhammad Asim Malik appointed as DG ISI

ISLAMABAD: Lieutenant General Muhammad Asim Malik has been appointed as Director General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), ARY News reported quoting ISPR.

The new ISI chief who has replaced Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum, will take charge on September 30.

Lieutenant General Muhammad Asim Malik is currently serving as an Adjutant General at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.

The new chief has previously commanded the Infantry Division in Balochistan and the Infantry Brigade in Waziristan.

Furthermore, he has also received a Sword of Honor in his course and served as the chief instructor at National Defense University (NDU), as well as an instructor at Command and Staff College Quetta.

Lieutenant General Asim Malik is a graduate of Fort Leavenworth and Royal College of Defence Studies.