ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister Office has received a summary from the Ministry of Defence for the appointment of director-general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (DG ISI).
The development came hours after Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry had announced that consultation between Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa regarding the appointment of DG ISI has been completed. Taking to his official Twitter handle, the federal minister wrote: “Consultations between the prime minister and the army chief on the appointment of a new DG ISI have been completed and the process for the new appointment has begun.” He further said the civil and military leadership has yet again proved that all institutions are united for the country’s stability, integrity and development.
On Tuesday, during a Post cabinet press conference , the federal minister had said that during the cabinet meeting — chaired by Imran Khan — the issue of DG ISI was also discussed. “A long meeting took place between PM Imran Khan and the army chief last night,” Chaudhry had said, adding that the government shares “an ideal relationship with the military.”
“The prime minister shares a very close relationship with the army chief,” he had said. “The Prime Minister’s Office will never take a step that would hurt the reputation of the army.”
The minister had said that the government will adopt a legal procedure to appoint the DG ISI and will ensure all constitutional requirements are fulfilled in this regard. “It is the prerogative of the prime minister to appoint the DG ISI,” he said.
