Pak names new military intelligence chief

Reuters, Islamabad

Pakistan has named a new head of its powerful military Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI), two weeks after replacing the chief of army staff in a significant shift for the military that wields huge influence. Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar was appointed as director-general of the ISI, replacing Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar, who is being moved to the post of president of the National Defence University.