Lieutenant General Muhammad Asim Malik has been appointed new Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence.
He will replace Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum as the chief of country's premier spy agency upon taking charge of his new command on September 30.
Currently, he is serving as the adjutant general at the General Headquarters (GHQ).
The newly appointed ISI director general (DG) has served as the commander of Balochistan infantry division and infantry brigade in Waziristan.
He has also received a Sword of Honor in his course and has served as the chief instructor NDU, as well as an instructor Command and Staff College.
Moreover, Lt Gen Malik had also served as the chief instructor at the National Defence University and as an instructor at the Command and Staff College Quetta.
The new ISI DG is a graduate of Fort Leavenworth in the United States and Royal College of Defence Studies in London.
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