Islamabad: Minister of Home Affairs Pakistan Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that the problem of the appointment of the Head of the new Spy Agency will be completed within a week, amid broad speculation that Imran Khan’s Prime Minister and Head General of the Army Javed Bajwa are not on the same page above the main post .
The problem of the appointment of the Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has been in the news since last week after delaying in the issuance of notification of the appointment of Latt Gen Nadeem Ahmed anjum.
The Minister of Home Affairs, however, was reluctant to give a reason for delays.
The army in a statement on October 6 announced Anjum replaced Leth Gen Faiz Hameed, which was appointed as the Commander of the Peshawar Corps, but the Office of the Prime Minister (PMO) resisted official notice.
After the initial silence of this problem, the government this week said PM Khan did not consult correctly when making a key meeting appointment.
Earlier this week, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said the prime minister had the right to point a spy head and that the consultation process was completed and the notice would be issued.
According to a report published in the Fajar newspaper on Friday, Sheikh Rashid told the personal TV channel that the problem had peacefully between the country’s civilian and military leadership and “now the appointment (from the Head of Contents) will take place before the next Friday”.
When asked about the reason for the delay, said the Interior Minister even though he knew the reason, he could not make them public because only Prime Minister Khan could tell the people about this problem.
Responding to the question, Sheikh Rashid rejected the claim that the delay was made by PMO for several reasons for “spiritual and sacred”.
“Really absurd that this problem was delayed intentionally due to divine intervention.
It doesn’t make sense someone makes a mantra,” he said.
The minister said there was no difference between civil and military leadership in the country and both parties were satisfied with what they had decided.
He also put aside media reports and statements by mastering the pakistani head of Tehreek-i-Casaf (PTI) in the National Assembly Amir Dogar that PM Khan wanted LieK Gen Faiz to live in his office for more time because of the critical situation in neighboring Afghanistan.
Sheikh Rashid said the country’s spy agent had defeated 42 intelligence agents from various countries in Afghanistan.
“They (military authorities) will not withdraw from their own procedures,” he added.
Separately, the Information Minister Chaudhry said the problem of removing the Director General of New Contents would be completed in a few days.
However, he was reluctant to comment on this problem, saying: “There was no significant development on this problem today (Friday).”