Lt. Gen. Nadeem Anjum was appointed as the new Director-General of the powerful spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in place of Lt. Gen. Hameed, said the Inter-Services Public Relations, the media wing of the Pakistan Army.

Key points

•  Anjum will head the spy agency which was earlier headed by lieutenant general Faiz Hameed.
• Hameed, who held the ISI chief post since 2019, was appointed as commander of the Peshawar Corps.
• Recently, his visit to Kabul raised questions over Pakistan's role in the Taliban cabinet.
• His subordinates call him a “man with glacier brain but sharp reflexes”.