ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday announced that the appointment process of the new Director-General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) would be completed soon.
Taking to Twitter, the Information Minister denied reports of differences between the government and military leadership over the appointment of the new DG ISI. “Everyone is on the same page,” reiterated the minister.
“The game that a specific section wants to play on this has been defeated. Now it is being said that the prime minister will hold interviews for the new DG ISI,” Fawad said, adding, “A meeting before such appointments is conventional. Making this process controversial is highly inappropriate.”
نئی DG ISI کی تقرری کا عمل جلد مکمل ہو جائیگا، ایک مخصوص طبقہ اس معاملے پر جو کھیل کھیلنا چاہتا تھا وہ ناکام ہو چکا ہے اب کہا جا رہا ہے وزیر اعظم نئے DGISI کیلئے انٹرویو کریں گے ان عہدوں پر تعیناتی سے قبل ملاقات ایک عمومی روائیت ہے ایسے عمل کو بھی متنازعہ بنانا انتہائ نامناسب ہے
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) October 14, 2021
Meanwhile, while talking to reporters at the Parliament House in Islamabad, Fawad Chaudhry insisted that matters were completely alright. “The problem is that every hour some person, for getting fame, twists some words and puts it up on Twitter,” he said.
“At this time, the process has started. There is no conflict between the army and the government. Everyone is on the same page,” the Information Minister added.
Earlier, The News quoted a federal minister as saying that the premier wanted to interview officials who were shortlisted for the position of ISI chief.
“The source said that all the processes in this regard are being followed in line with the understanding reached between the prime minister and the army chief. The source hinted that the Karachi corps commander is still the most likely choice for the post of DG ISI,” the report said.
“A federal minister on condition of not being named told this correspondent that the prime minister wants to interview all the three officers, recommended in the panel by the army chief,” the report added.
On Wednesday, Chaudhry tweeted that consultation between the PM and COAS on the appointment of a new DG ISI had been completed. “The civil and military leadership has yet again proved that all institutions are united for the country’s stability,” he wrote.
وزیر اعظم اور آرمی چیف کے درمیان نئے DG ISI کی تقرری پر مشاورت کا عمل مکمل ہو چکا ہے اور نئ تقرری کا پراسس شروع ہو چکا ہے، ایک بار پھر سول اور فوجی قیادت نے یہ ثابت کیا ہے کہ ملک کے استحکام، سالمیت اور ترقی کیلئے تمام ادارے متحد اور یکساں ہیں
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) October 13, 2021
