Rawalpindi: Lieutenant General Asim Malik has assumed responsibility of Director General (DG) Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) .
The former DG ISI lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum has retired while he served the position for three years.
Owing to unavoidable circumstances his services were extended to one year.
Present DG ISI is first PhD holder appointed on the post of the DG ISI.
Gen Malik was last served as an adjutant general at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, the statement said.
In October 2021, then-Major General Asim Malik had been promoted to the rank of lieutenant general, as well as appointed the army’s adjutant general.
During his military career, Gen Malik has served in the Balochistan infantry division and commanded the infantry brigade in Waziristan.
It highlighted that the new DG ISI had been awarded a Sword of Honour in his course.
Other than that, Gen Malik has also served as the chief instructor at the National Defence University in Islamabad and as an instructor at the Command and Staff College Quetta.
The military officer is a graduate of Fort Leavenworth in the United States and the Royal College of Defence Studies in London, the statement added.
The newly appointed official will be replacing Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum, who was appointed by then-prime minister Imran Khan.
