Overview

• Security sources confirmed Monday that Lt Gen Muhammad Asim Malik will continue in his present appointment as director-general of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence.
• Malik also holds the National Security Adviser post, a portfolio he assumed in April 2025 in addition to leading the ISI.
• No formal government or military statement accompanied the reports, and coverage did not clarify whether his army service would be extended or if he would continue after formal retirement.
• He was appointed ISI chief in September 2024, with the announcement carried by state-run Pakistan Television rather than the prime minister’s office or the military’s media wing.
• His record includes three years as Adjutant General at GHQ, command assignments in Balochistan and South Waziristan, the Sword of Honour, and instructional and overseas coursework at NDU, the Command and Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, and the Royal College of Defence Studies.