Overview
- The Establishment Division has issued an official notification appointing Major General Faisal Naseer to a three-year secondment as National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Authority with the role effective immediately.
- The appointment was made under Section 9(1) of the NACTA Act, 2013 and follows standard service terms referenced as JSI-4/85.
- The notification has been circulated to top federal offices, provincial chief secretaries and accounting authorities, and it will be published in the Gazette of Pakistan when formalities are complete.
- The Establishment Division has instructed Naseer to furnish a copy of his charge-assumption report to the relevant section officer before taking formal charge.
- Placing an experienced army officer at NACTA centralizes federal leadership for coordinating policy and information sharing across provinces and may affect how operations are coordinated during ongoing counter‑terrorism activity in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.