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Pakistan’s ISI chief, Lieutenant Common Mohammad Asim Malik, has been appointed as Nationwide Safety Adviser amid rising India-Pakistan tensions following the Pahalgam assault. Ceasefire violations and retaliatory threats proceed alongside the Line of Management.
New Delhi:
Pakistan’s Inter-Providers Intelligence (ISI) chief Lieutenant Common Mohammad Asim Malik has been appointed the nation’s new Nationwide Safety Adviser (NSA), the Specific Tribune reported.
The appointment is a further cost given to him aside from the ISI chief place he has held since September 2024.
Earlier than serving because the Director Common of ISI, Mr Malik had served because the Adjutant Common at Pakistan military’s common headquarters, overseeing army administrative affairs, together with authorized and disciplinary issues.
Among the many key occasions throughout his tenure as Adjutant Common was former prime minister Imran Khan’s arrest and subsequent protests by his supporters and celebration employees, per the Specific Tribune.
Throughout his profession, he has additionally commanded divisions in Balochistan and South Waziristan, each areas which have posed immense safety challenges.
Malik’s appointment comes at a time of heightened India-Pakistan tensions following the Pahalgam terror assault, by which 26 civilians have been killed. Among the many most up-to-date measures taken by New Delhi is shutting its airspace for all Pakistani airplanes and suspension of social media channels of common Pakistan personalities together with Hania Amir, Mahira Khan and Ali Zafar.
Ceasefire violations continued alongside the Line Of Management for the seventh consecutive day on Friday, whereas unprovoked small arms firing was reported from the Pakistani facet on the Worldwide border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Akhnoor sector on Thursday.
Following the fear assault in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned India will determine, monitor and punish each terrorist and their backers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday advised the highest defence brass that the armed forces have “full operational freedom” to resolve on the mode, targets and timing of India’s response to the Pahalgam assault.
Pakistan introduced tit-for-tat measures, reiterating in a current press convention that it has nothing to do with the Pahalgam assault and threatened a robust response whether it is “provoked”.