Zaheerul Islam

Lieutenant-General Zaheer-ul-Islam HI (M)
ﻇﻬﻴﺮﺍﻹﺳﻼﻡ
Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence
In office 19 March 2012 – 7 November 2014
President	Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by	Ahmad Shuja Pasha
Succeeded by	Rizwan Akhtar
Personal details
Born	1956
Awards	Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Army
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	Deputy DG ISI Commander V Corps

Lieutenant-General Zaheer-ul-Islam, HI (M), (Urdu: ﻇﻬﻴﺮ ﺍﻹﺳﻼﻡ‎) is a former Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI); he was appointed to the position on 9 March 2012. Islam took over the position from his predecessor Ahmed Shuja Pasha, who left on 18 March. At the time of his appointment, he was serving as the Corps Commander V Corps, Karachi.

His father retired as a brigadier in the Pakistan Army, while his three brothers and his brother-in-law Major Ejaz Aziz also retired as military officers.

Zaheerul Islam was commissioned in the Punjab Regiment in the 55th PMA Long Course on 16 April 1977. He served as Corps Commander V Corps in Karachi before appointment of ISI Chief. Zaheer served as DG (C) in the ISI before he was promoted as a 3-star general and moved to Karachi as corps commander. He was GOC Murree for some time before coming to the ISI. He also served as Chief of Staff in the Army Strategic Force Command for 2004–2006.

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