Wednesday March 10, 2010 Mashriq Group of Newspapers         Editor-in-Chief Syed Ayaz Badshah
 

DG ISI gets one-year extension

Statesman Report

ISLAMABAD: The government has extended the tenure of Ahmed Shuja Pasha, Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for a period of one year.

The decision was taken after the satisfactory performance of the ISI in the war against terrorism. Ahmed Shuja Pasha was due to retire on March 18.

According to ARY News, Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani awarded a one-year extension in service to General Shuja Pasha, through a notification.

However according to Geo News the notification was issued by the Prime Minister Secretariat.

Pasha now will continue serving Pakistan Army as Lieutenant General and DG ISI for one more year, said the notification.

Lt. Gen. Pasha is heading country's premier intelligence service since October 2008. The extension in the service has been given under the rule of 'compulsory retainment', the cannel said.

Sources said that Pasha is retained in his present office for another year because of the crucial assignment he is grappling with.

Under the Constitution, the President makes appointments of chiefs of the armed forces in his discretionary powers and is also their supreme commander.

Under the rules, the prime minister approves senior level promotions and removals in the armed forces as recommended by their chiefs.

 

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