Pakistan Transfers ISI Chief to Lead National Counter-Terrorism Authority

Govt transfers ISI’s internal wing chief Maj Gen Faisal Naseer to Nacta

ISLAMABAD: The government, in a surprise move on Friday, transferred Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General (C) Major General Faisal Naseer and appointed him National Coordinator of the National Counter-Terrorism Authority (Nacta). The DG (C) post is often mistakenly described as heading ISI’s counter-intelligence wing. The office actually heads the agency’s Internal Wing, which deals with domestic security and political matters and, because of the nature of the assignment, freque...

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