{"id":5445,"date":"2021-02-27T09:49:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T09:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=5445"},"modified":"2021-02-27T13:48:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T13:48:18","slug":"general-faiz-hameed-and-his-rise-to-prominence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/27\/general-faiz-hameed-and-his-rise-to-prominence\/","title":{"rendered":"General\u00a0Faiz Hameed and his rise to prominence"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pak-army is arguably the most influential institution in Pakistan, with the military having ruled the country for nearly half of its 71-year history since independence from Britain and enjoying extensive powers even under civilian administrations.<\/p>\n

Lieutenant General\u00a0Faiz Hameed\u00a0HI(M)\u00a0is a three-star rank general in the\u00a0Pakistan Army. He is the 24th\u00a0Director-General<\/a>\u00a0of the spy agency\u00a0Inter-Services Intelligence.<\/sup><\/sup><\/p>\n

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On April 12, the Pakistan Army promoted then-major general Hameed to the rank of lieutenant general and appointed him adjutant general at the General Headquarters (GHQ) later that month. He was previously serving as the head of the counter-intelligence wing of the ISI.<\/p>\n

Reports suggest that Hameed’s rise to prominence began during protests by a religious group in Islamabad in 2017. The group, called Tehreek-e-Labbaik, was protesting against a change in the oath of office in the Elections Act. Hameed had reportedly helped broker a deal that ended the protests.<\/p>\n

Following amendments to Election Act 2017, the TLP had staged a sit-in at the Faizabad Interchange in Islamabad in 2017, paralyzing the capital for almost three weeks.<\/p>\n

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On November 27, 2017, TLP chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi announced he was ending the protest. He said that an \u201carmy-brokered\u201d agreement had taken place between the protesters and the government. He said he appreciated that the army chief had taken a personal interest in solving the issue by sending General Hameed.<\/p>\n

When the agreement signed between protesters and the army surfaced on the media, people noticed that it bore the signature of General Hameed.<\/p>\n

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For Hameed, reports indicate that the challenge would be to handle both the internal and the external security issues for Pakistan. With the amount of power that the ISI allegedly wields within Pakistan, Hameed assumes a position that remains within shadows but can practically run the country, reports have suggested.<\/p>\n

Hameed would also need to handle the rising Pashtun movement, which has been raging a storm in north-western Pakistan, close to the Afghanistan border.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Recently reports about the appointment of a new chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to replace Lt Gen Faiz Hamid were “baseless speculations” and there is no truth to them, the head of the military’s media affairs wing had clarified.<\/div>\n
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DG ISPR denies speculations about changing DG ISI – The Pakistan Daily https:\/\/t.co\/i9RTxEboCV<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Reham Khan (@RehamKhan1) February 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n