Zaheer-ul-Islam (Redirected from Zaheerul Islam)

Zaheer-ul-Islam
ﻇﻬﻴﺮﺍﻹﺳﻼﻡ
20th Director General of the ISI
In office
19 March 2012 – 7 November 2014
Prime Minister
Preceded byAhmad Shuja Pasha
Succeeded byRizwan Akhtar
Commander V Corps
In office
October 2010 – March 2012
Director General CT-Wing of the ISI
In office
2008–2010
GOC 12th Infantry Division
In office
2006–2008
Chief of Staff Army Strategic Forces Command
In office
2004–2006
Personal details
Born1956 (age 66–67)
RelativesShah Nawaz Khan (uncle)
AwardsHilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Military service
AllegiancePakistan
Branch/servicePakistan Army
RankLieutenant General
UnitPunjab Regiment
Commands

Zaheer-ul-Islam HI (M), (Urdu: ﻇﻬﻴﺮ ﺍﻹﺳﻼﻡ) is a retired Lieutenant-General who served as the 20th Director General of the ISI. He was appointed to the position on 9 March 2012 and began working a day after his predecessor Ahmed Shuja Pasha left on 18 March 2012. At the time of his appointment, he was serving as the Corps Commander V Corps. In 2012 Forbes named him as the world's 52nd most powerful person.

Family

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.

His uncle was Shah Nawaz Khan, a major general in the Indian National Army of Subhas Chandra Bose.

In 2012, it was alleged that Islam is related to Shah Rukh Khan. The Pakistan Army denied the allegations and said since Lateef Fatima (Mother of Shah Rukh Khan) is the adopted daughter of Shah Nawaz Khan, Lateef and her son bare no blood relation to Islam.

Military career

Zaheerul Islam was commissioned in the Punjab Regiment in the 55th PMA Long Course on 16 April 1977. He served as Corps Commander of the V Corps.

Zaheer served as the Director-General of the Counter-Terrorism Wing of the ISI before he was promoted to a lieutenant general and moved to Karachi as the Commander of the V Corps. He was the GOC of the 12th Division for some time before coming to the ISI. He also served as Chief of Staff Army Strategic Forces Command from 2004 to 2006.

Controversy

In 2020, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif accused Zaheer-ul-Islam of seeking his resignation during the 2014 Azadi march. Islam denied the allegations.



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