The director-general (DG) is head of the

Inter-Services Intelligence The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI; ur, , bayn khadamatiy mukhabarati) is the premier intelligence agency of Pakistan. It is responsible for gathering, processing, and analyzing any information from around the world that is deemed relevant ...

(ISI), Pakistan's premier

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, operationally responsible for providing critical

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and intelligence assessment to the

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Colonel Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...

Shahid Hamid Shahid Hamid ( Punjabi, ur, ) is a Pakistani lawyer and former politician who served as the Governor of Punjab from 11 March 1997 to 18 August 1999, during Nawaz Sharif's second term in office as Prime Minister. He was affiliated with the Pak ...

had conceived the idea of ISI. He was later promoted to a two-star rank of a major general and became the first director-general of the ISI.

Robert Cawthome Robert Cawthome ( ur, ) was the co-founder of the Inter-Services Intelligence and founder of Pakistan Army Corps of Signals. He served as two star Major-General in the Pakistan army and set up the ISI to become its second Director General. Car ...

became instrumental in expanding the ISI and has been the longest serving director-general. The current DG of ISI is

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Nadeem Ahmed Anjum since 20 November 2021.

List of directors-general

Notes

: 1.Later promoted to major general in-office. : 2.Later promoted to lieutenant general in-office.

References

{{Inter-Services Intelligence Pakistani military appointments *Pakistan