Overview
- The Establishment Division issued a notification on Friday that Maj. Gen. Faisal Naseer has been posted to the National Counter Terrorism Authority for a three‑year secondment under Section 9(1) of the NACTA Act, 2013, and the appointment takes effect immediately.
- Naseer moves from his role as director general (counter‑intelligence) at the Inter‑Services Intelligence, making him a serving military‑intelligence officer now heading a body long led by Pakistan Administrative Service and police officers.
- The notification was circulated to the President’s Secretariat, Prime Minister’s Office, Cabinet Division, Interior Division and provincial chief secretaries and is due to be published in the Gazette of Pakistan as part of standard administrative follow up.
- Coverage highlights persistent limits inside NACTA that the new coordinator must confront, including infrequent executive and board meetings, heavy reliance on officers on deputation, and weak institutional authority to enforce decisions across agencies.
- Observers say the move could speed intelligence and law‑enforcement coordination in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but it will also draw scrutiny over civilian‑military balance in national counter‑terrorism policy and changes to how NACTA operates.