Faiz Hameed was thought-about extraordinarily highly effective when he headed the spy company from 2019 to 2021.
Islamabad:
In an unprecedented transfer, the Pakistan Military on Monday introduced that it has arrested former ISI chief Lt Gen (retd.) Faiz Hameed and initiated court docket martial proceedings towards him in reference to a housing scheme scandal.
“Complying with the orders of the Supreme Courtroom of Pakistan, an in depth court docket of inquiry was undertaken by Pakistan Military, to determine correctness of complaints in High Metropolis Case made towards Lt Gen Faiz Hameed (Retd),” the Inter-Companies Public Relations (ISPR) – the media wing of the army- mentioned in a press release.
“Consequently, acceptable disciplinary motion has been initiated towards Lt Gen Faiz Hameed (Retd.), underneath provisions of the Pakistan Military Act,” it mentioned.
“As well as, a number of cases of violation of the Pakistan Military Act post-retirement have additionally been established. The method of Discipline Normal Courtroom Martial has been initiated and Lt Gen Faiz Hameed (Retd) has been taken into navy custody,” it added.
Lt Gen (retd.) Hameed was thought-about extraordinarily highly effective when he headed the spy company from 2019 to 2021.
He was appointed to the coveted publish when then ISI chief and present Military chief Lt Gen Asim Munir was prematurely faraway from the publish. It was reported then that then prime minister Imran Khan was not proud of Munir.
Later, the military determined to switch Mr Hameed, a transfer vehemently opposed by Imran Khan and it’s believed that it was the start of souring of his ties with the highly effective navy.
The High Metropolis case made headlines when on November 8, 2023, Moeez Ahmed Khan, the proprietor of High Metropolis, filed a petition within the Supreme Courtroom by which he accused Mr Hameed of misusing his authority.
He said within the petition that on Might 12, 2017, on the behest of Gen Hameed, ISI officers raided the highest metropolis workplace and his home and seized valuables, together with gold, diamonds and cash.
He additionally said that Sardar Najaf, the brother of Mr Hameed, additionally contacted him to resolve the difficulty later. The petition additionally claimed that Gen Hameed later personally met him to resolve the difficulty.
He alleged that the ISI officers extorted Rs 4 crore money from him.
A 3-judge bench of the Supreme Courtroom, which included Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Qazi Faiz Isa, Justice Attar Minullah and Justice Aminuddin, heard the case and determined to ship it to the Ministry of Defence for probing the allegation.
The military introduced in April this yr that it constituted a high-level inquiry committee headed by a serious common to look into the allegations.
Mr Hameed took untimely retirement in November 2022, 4 months earlier than his retirement date after the present military chief took over. He was thought-about near then Military chief Gen Qamar Bajwa.
The publish of ISI chief is taken into account one of the crucial vital within the Pakistan Military, which has dominated the nation for greater than half of its 76-plus years of existence and has hitherto wielded appreciable energy in issues of safety and overseas coverage.
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