Rizwan Akhtar

Lt. Gen.
Rizwan Akhtar
رضوان اختر
Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence
Assumed office
8 November 2014[1]
President Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by Zaheer-ul-Islam
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan Pakistan
Service/branch Pakistan Army
Rank Lieutenant-General
Commands DG ISI
DG Rangers Sindh

Lieutenant-General Rizwan Akhtar in (Urdu: رضوان اختر) is the three-star rank army general and a spymaster who is a current Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). He was appointed for the position on 22 September 2014.[2] He took office on 8 November 2014.[1]

Military career

Lt. Gen Rizwan was commissioned in the Pakistan Army in Frontier Force Regiment in September 1982. He is from the Frontier Force Regiment and commanded the infantry brigade and infantry division in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). Previously as Sindh DG Rangers, Major General Rizwan Akhtar had been assigned with the task to lead the Karachi operation. Akhtar is also considered to have extensive experience of counterinsurgency from a previous posting in the border region of South Waziristan. After getting promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in September 2014, he was posted as Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence.[1][2]

Academic career

Rizwan Akhtar is a graduate of the Command and Staff College in Quetta, National Defense University, Islamabad (NDU) and United States Army War College, Pennsylvania, USA. At the US Army War College, Akhtar authored a strategy research project report titled ‘US-Pakistan trust deficit and the war on terror’ in fulfillment of the requirements of the Master in Strategic Studies Degree.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Syed, Baqir Sajjad (8 November 2014). "Rizwan Akhtar takes over as ISI chief". Dawn. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Lt-Gen Rizwan Akhtar named new ISI chief". Dawn. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  3. Boone, Jon (22 September 2014). "Pakistan appoints Rizwan Akhtar to head intelligence agency". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
Military offices
Preceded by
Zaheer-ul-Islam
Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence Succeeded by
Incumbent
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