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Lieutenant General
Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah
HI(M)
Lieutenant General Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah HI(M)
سید عاصم منیر احمد شاہ
Quartermaster general
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 2021
Commander XXX Corps (Pakistan)
	In office; 17 June 2019 – 6 October 2021
President	Arif Alvi
Prime Minister	Imran Khan
23rd Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence
	In office; 25 October 2018 – 16 June 2019
President	Arif Alvi
Prime Minister	Imran Khan
Preceded by	Lt. Gen. Naveed Mukhtar
Succeeded by	Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed
Director-General of Military Intelligence
	In office; December 2016 – October 2018
Commander Force Command Northern Areas
	In office; October 2014 – December 2016
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Army
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands	XXX Corps (Pakistan) ; Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence; Director General of Military Intelligence; Force Command North Gilgit; 23 Frontier Force

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Lieutenant General Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah HI(M) is a three-star rank general in the Pakistan Army. He commanded XXX Corps (Pakistan) in Gujranwala from 17 June 2019 to 6 October 2021. .^[1] He served as the 23rd Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence, until June 16, 2019 when he was replaced by Lt Gen Faiz Hameed as the new head of ISI.^[2]

Military career

Asim Munir is Sword of Honour from 17th OTS course, Mangla, and was commissioned in 23rd Battalion of Frontier Force Regiment. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in September 2018 and was subsequently appointed as DG ISI. He previously served as Director General of Military Intelligence. He was awarded the Hilal-i-Imtiaz in March 2018. He had earlier served as commander of Force Command Northern Areas.^[3]^[4]^[5]

In October 2018, he was appointed DG ISI however in June 2019, Munir was replaced by Lt Gen Faiz Hameed as the new DG ISI. Munir was transferred and appointed as Corps Commander in Gujranwala.^[6]

Reason for his removal was stated to be the tremendous international pressure, the Pakistan government had been under, post-Pulwama attack.^[7]

Commands Held

Force Command Northern Areas

October 2014 - December 2016

Preceded By: Maj Gen
Succeeded By: Maj Gen (Now Lt Gen) Saqib Mehmood Malik

Military Intelligence

December 2016 - October 2018

Preceded By: Maj Gen (Now Lt Gen) Nadeem Zaki Manj
Succeeded By: Maj Gen (Now Lt Gen) Sarfaraz Ali

Inter-Services Intelligence

October 2018 - June 2019

Preceded By: Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar
Succeeded By: Lt Gen Faiz Hameed

XXX Corps

June 2019 - current

Preceded By: Lt Gen Aamir Abbasi
Succeeded By: -

References

^ "Inter Services Public Relations Pakistan". www.ispr.gov.pk. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
^ Reshuffle in army top brass 17 June 2019, The Nation.
^ "Lt Gen Asim Munir appointed DG ISI". DAWN.COM. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
^ "Lt Asim Munir appointed new chief of Pakistan's ISI". The Live Mirror. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
^ Lt General Asim Munir Appointed Head Of Pakistan's ISI 10 October 2018, NDTV.
^ Lt Gen Faiz Hameed named new ISI chief 17 June 2019, Hindustan Times.
^ "Post-Pulwama impact? Pakistan removes ISI chief, gets a new hardliner". India Today. 17 June 2019.

Military offices
Preceded by Lt. Gen. Naveed Mukhtar	Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence	Succeeded by Faiz Hameed

[1] "Inter Services Public Relations Pakistan". www.ispr.gov.pk. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

[2] Reshuffle in army top brass 17 June 2019, The Nation.

[3] "Lt Gen Asim Munir appointed DG ISI". DAWN.COM. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.

[4] "Lt Asim Munir appointed new chief of Pakistan's ISI". The Live Mirror. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

[5] Lt General Asim Munir Appointed Head Of Pakistan's ISI 10 October 2018, NDTV.

[6] Lt Gen Faiz Hameed named new ISI chief 17 June 2019, Hindustan Times.

[7] "Post-Pulwama impact? Pakistan removes ISI chief, gets a new hardliner". India Today. 17 June 2019.

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