[DAWN] The Pakistan Moslem League-Nawaz (PML-N) government has increased the civilian share in the senior hierarchy of the country’s premier intelligence agency ‐ Inter-Services Intelligence...the Pak military
intelligenceagency that controls the military -- heads of ISI typically get promoted into the Chief of Army Staff position. It serves as a general command center for favored turban groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, tries to influence the politix of neighboring countries, and carries out a (usually) low-level war against India in Kashmir...
(ISI).
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Sept 15, 2017 approved a proposal to increase the number of directors general (DGs) ‐ the highest civilian post in the agency ‐ from one to four.
The post of civilian DG in the ISI is a grade 21 position, equivalent to a serving major general of the armed forces.
Previously, there was only one civilian DG post in the intelligence agency.
PM Abbasi approved the summary sent to the PM Office by the Defence Ministry, proposing four civilian DGs in the ISI.
In addition, the prime minister has also enhanced the number of deputy directors general (DDGs) from eight to 15. The same summary recommended the creation of seven additional DDG posts for civilian officers in grade 20.