Malik is a graduate of Fort Leavenworth and Royal College of Defence Studies. He also won the sword of honour after his course.
Lt Gen Muhammad Asim Malik appointed DG ISI. Lieutenant Muhammad Asim Malik has been appointed the Director-General of the Inter-Sevices Intelligence.
Lt General Malik will assume charge of his duties on September 30.
He is currently serving as the Adjutant General in the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.
Lt General Malik has commanded an infantry division in Balochistan and and infantry brigade in Waziristan.
Malik is a graduate of Fort Leavenworth and Royal College of Defence Studies. He also won the sword of honour after his course.
Lt General Nadeem Anjum has been serving as the DG ISI since 2021 and was given a one-year extension in 2023.
Gen Anjum, who was commissioned in service in September 1988, earlier headed Corps V in Karachi, Pakistan. He commanded a brigade in Kurram Agency, led Frontier Corps (North) in Balochistan and remained commandant of Command and Staff College Quetta before becoming Karachi corps commander in December 2020.
Prior to his appointment as the new spy chief, Gen Malik has served in the Balochistan infantry division and commanded the infantry brigade in Waziristan, the ISPR statement said.
It highlighted that the new DG ISI had been awarded an “honorary sword in his course”.
Other than that, 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 military officer is a graduate of Fort Lyon and Royal College of Defence Studies.
