ISLAMABAD: A former chief of Pakistan’s Inter-Providers Intelligence, Lt Gen Faiz Hameed (Retd), has been taken into navy custody and area court docket martial proceedings initiated towards him over allegations of corruption and misuse of authority, Inter-Providers Public Relations (ISPR), the Pakistan military’s media wing, mentioned on Monday.
That is the primary time within the nation’s historical past {that a} court docket martial has been initiated towards a former ISI chief.Hameed, who served as ISI chief from June 2019 to Oct 2021, was extensively believed to be near jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s govt.
The arrest, in response to ISPR, was ordered by the Supreme Courtroom in a petition filed by the proprietor of a personal housing society in Islamabad accusing the previous spymaster of torturing him and his relations and robbing them of their properties and valuables. Hameed has additionally been accused of a number of violations of the Pakistan Military Act after retirement.
“Complying with the orders of the Supreme Courtroom of Pakistan, an in depth court docket of inquiry was undertaken by the Pakistan Military to determine the correctness of complaints within the High Metropolis (housing society) case made towards Lt Gen Faiz Hameed (Retd),” the navy mentioned in an announcement.
The administration of High Metropolis had accused the previous ISI chief of orchestrating a raid on its workplaces and residence of its proprietor, Moeez Khan. As per the petition, filed in Might 2017, Pakistan Rangers and ISI officers had taken away valuables, together with gold and diamond ornaments and cash, in reference to a purported terrorism case.
Consequently, in response to ISPR, applicable disciplinary motion has been initiated towards Hameed below provisions of the Pakistan Military Act.
“As well as, a number of cases of violation of Pakistan Military Act post-retirement have additionally been established,” the assertion mentioned.
Hameed got here into the worldwide highlight when he was filmed consuming tea within the foyer of a Kabul resort shortly after the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 2021, forcing the previous ruler, Ashraf Ghani, to flee.
His switch out of his ISI submit had grow to be a bone of rivalry between the previous PM and the then military chief, Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, which finally resulted in Imran’s ouster from workplace in April 2022. Hameed had sought early retirement from the military in Nov 2022.
Hameed was among the many six senior-most military generals who have been nominated by Basic HQ as a possible candidate for the 2 prime navy workplaces, chief of military workers (COAS) and chairman joint chiefs of workers committee (CJCSC). He had served as Peshawar and Bahawalpur corps commander earlier than retirement.
That is the primary time within the nation’s historical past {that a} court docket martial has been initiated towards a former ISI chief.Hameed, who served as ISI chief from June 2019 to Oct 2021, was extensively believed to be near jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s govt.
The arrest, in response to ISPR, was ordered by the Supreme Courtroom in a petition filed by the proprietor of a personal housing society in Islamabad accusing the previous spymaster of torturing him and his relations and robbing them of their properties and valuables. Hameed has additionally been accused of a number of violations of the Pakistan Military Act after retirement.
“Complying with the orders of the Supreme Courtroom of Pakistan, an in depth court docket of inquiry was undertaken by the Pakistan Military to determine the correctness of complaints within the High Metropolis (housing society) case made towards Lt Gen Faiz Hameed (Retd),” the navy mentioned in an announcement.
The administration of High Metropolis had accused the previous ISI chief of orchestrating a raid on its workplaces and residence of its proprietor, Moeez Khan. As per the petition, filed in Might 2017, Pakistan Rangers and ISI officers had taken away valuables, together with gold and diamond ornaments and cash, in reference to a purported terrorism case.
Consequently, in response to ISPR, applicable disciplinary motion has been initiated towards Hameed below provisions of the Pakistan Military Act.
“As well as, a number of cases of violation of Pakistan Military Act post-retirement have additionally been established,” the assertion mentioned.
Hameed got here into the worldwide highlight when he was filmed consuming tea within the foyer of a Kabul resort shortly after the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 2021, forcing the previous ruler, Ashraf Ghani, to flee.
His switch out of his ISI submit had grow to be a bone of rivalry between the previous PM and the then military chief, Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, which finally resulted in Imran’s ouster from workplace in April 2022. Hameed had sought early retirement from the military in Nov 2022.
Hameed was among the many six senior-most military generals who have been nominated by Basic HQ as a possible candidate for the 2 prime navy workplaces, chief of military workers (COAS) and chairman joint chiefs of workers committee (CJCSC). He had served as Peshawar and Bahawalpur corps commander earlier than retirement.
