Shamsur Rahman Kallue

Lieutenant General Shamsur Rahman Kallue
14th Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence
In office 27 May 1989 – August 1990
Preceded by	Hamid Gul
Succeeded by	Asad Durrani
Personal details
Born	(1932-02-28)28 February 1932 Multan, British India
Died	19 December 1995(1995-12-19) (aged 63) Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Awards	Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Basalat
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1951–1985 ; 1988–1990 (second stint)
Rank	Lt. Gen.
Unit	5 Horse Armoured Corps
Commands	Commander 23rd Division Commander I Corps DG ISI
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 Soviet–Afghan War

Shamsur Rahman Kallue (Urdu: شمس الرحمان کلو; 28 February 1932 – 19 December 1995) was the ninth Director General of the ISI and was in office from May 1989 – August 1990. He also served as a Lieutenant General in the Pakistan Army.

Early life and career

Shams ur Rehman Kallue was the only surviving son of Brigadier Haji F. R. Kallue and Zubeda Begum (11 May 1910 - 5 March 1997) . His father Brigadier Fazal ur Rehman (F.R.) Kallue graduated from Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1927. He was commissioned in 5th Battalion of 5th Marhatta Light Infantry (MLI). Later, he became the first Indian Commanding Officer (CO) of 5th Battalion of the 8th Punjab Regiment.

Shamsur Rehman attended Doon's School, Dhera Doon from where he completed his senior Cambridge. Later he received his education from Gordon College, Rawalpindi. After that he joined 5th Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) long course and was commissioned in 1951 in 5 Probyn's Horse regiment. Kallue served as the ninth DG ISI after Hamid Gul.

The American intelligence agency CIA wanted him to meet Massoud to put forward U.S. interests in the region. Insight wrote (ibid):

The next day Massoud headed off through the Hindu Kush mountain range to the border of Pakistan for a secret meeting scheduled on another mountain side with Gen. Shamsur Rahman Kallue, whose orders the fiercely independent Massoud has consistently refused to follow. After crossing two mountain passes deep in snow on his way to The Rendezvous, Massoud received a message asking him to move up the appointment. He radioed back that it was impossible and he might be a day late because of weather. Gen. Kallue said he could not wait and returned to Islamabad, offering to leave a helicopter to bring Massoud to Islamabad... He declined the offer.

Death

Kallue's grave at army cemetery Westridge, Rawalpindi

Shamsur Rahman Kallue died on December 19, 1995, in Rawalpindi and is buried at the army cemetery in Westridge, Rawalpindi. He is one of a few officers who did not own any property. The plot that was given to him during his service was given to the needy soldiers. A loner and a lifelong bachelor, he rented half portion of a house, where he lived with his mother until his death in 1995. His mother, Zubeda Begum, also died two years later on 5 March, 1997 and was buried alongside her son in Army cemetery Westridge, Rawalpindi.