Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence

Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence
Residence	Chakalala
Appointer	Prime Minister on recommendation of Chief of Army Staff
Term length	3 Years
Inaugural holder	Syed Shahid Hamid
Formation	1948

The Director-General is head of the Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistan's premier intelligence service, operationally responsible for providing critical national security and intelligence assessment to the Government of Pakistan.

List of Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence

Director General		Tenure
1	Syed Shahid Hamid	1948–1950
2	Robert Cawthome	1950–1959
3	Riaz Hussain	1959-1966
4	Mohammad Akbar Khan	1966–1971
5	Ghulam Jilani Khan	1971–1977
6	Muhammad Riaz	1977–1979
7	Akhtar Abdur Rahman	21 June 1979 – 29 March 1987
8	Hameed Gul	March 1987– May 1989
9	Shamsur Rahman Kallu	May 1989– August 1990
10	Asad Durrani	August 1990– March 1992
11	Javed Nasir	March 1992– May 1993
12	Javed Ashraf Qazi	May 1993– 1995
13	Naseem Rana	October 1995– October 1998
14	Ziauddin Butt	October 1998– October 1999
15	Mahmud Ahmed	October 1999– October 2001
16	Ehsan ul Haq	October 2001– October 2004
17	Ashfaq Parvez Kayani	3 October 2004 – 8 October 2007
18	Nadeem Taj	October 2007– October 2008
19	Ahmad Shuja Pasha	October 2008– 19 March 2012
20	Zaheerul Islam	19 March 2012– 06 November 2014
21	Rizwan Akhtar	07 November 2014 – 11 December 2016
22	Naveed Mukhtar	11 December 2016 - 01 October 2018