- Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmed Anjum was commissioned in the 28th Punjab Regiment in 1988.
- He served as the Inspector-General of the Frontier Corps in Balochistan from December 2016 to December 2018.
- He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in November 2020.
Early Career
Nadeem Ahmed Anjum hails from Mohra Sheikhan Kontrilla in Gujar Khan, district Rawalpindi. He was commissioned in the 28th Punjab Regiment in 1988.
He is from the 77th Long Course at Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Kakul, which imparts vigorous military training to turn cadets into army officers.
Nadeem Anjum is a graduate of National Defence University (NDU) Islamabad and holds a master’s degree from King’s College, London.
He is also a graduate of the Royal College of Defence Studies in United Kingdom and also holds degree from Asia-Pacific Centre for Security Studies, Honolulu, USA. Apart from his military career, he is a keen runner and enjoys playing basketball and cricket.
Military Career
He was promoted to Major General from the rank of Brigadier in January 2016. He commanded infantry brigades in South Waziristan, Kurram and Hangu tribal regions.
He served as the Inspector-General of the Frontier Corps in Balochistan from December 2016 to December 2018. He also served on the western border and Line of Control (LoC) apart from his service in Balochistan.
He later served as Commandant, Command and Staff College from November 2018 to December 2020 and held command, staff and instructional assignments.
Nadeem Anjum was a commander in Operation Zarb-e-Azb and Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in November 2020.
After being promoted to a three-star ranking general, he served as Commander of Corps V in Karachi from December 2020 to October 2021.
DG ISI
In October 2021, the Prime Minister’s Office notified the appointment of Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum as the Director-General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). He replaced Lt Gen Faiz Hameed and took charge in November 2021.
The appointment has stoked controversy as then Prime Minister Imran Khan’s reluctance to notify Nadeem Anjum’s appointment strained civil-military ties. The appointment of the ISI chief is not clearly mentioned in the Constitution or Army Act but is considered the prime minister’s prerogative.
At the beginning of October 2021, Prime Minister Imran Khan had formally received three names from the Chief of Army Staff regarding the appointment of a new ISI chief.
Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum’s nomination was already approved following an announcement by the DG ISPR. However, the PM’s secretariat did not issue a notification in this regard until 26 October 2021.
Prime Minister Imran Khan announced to consult for this crucial assignment. Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry had denied reports that the prime minister wanted to interview candidates for the DG ISI’s post but said the procedure would be followed.
This led to a deadlock over the appointment of the spymaster for three weeks until the matter was resolved between the civil and military leadership.
In December 2021, DG ISI Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum asked all authorities concerned not to release his picture or video footage to the media made during any official meeting.
