Inter Services Intelligence
| بین الخدماتی مخابرات | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1948 |
| Type | Intelligence |
| Headquarters | Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Annual budget | Classified |
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The Directorate-General for Inter-Services Intelligence or Inter-Services Intelligence (abbreviated ISI, Urdu: بین الخدماتی مخابرات) is the premier intelligence agency of Pakistan, operationally responsible for providing critical national security and intelligence assessment to the Government of Pakistan. The ISI is the largest and most important of five major intelligence services of Pakistan, the others being the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Military Intelligence (MI), Naval Intelligence (NI) and Air Intelligence (AI). The ISI comprises primarily of serving military officers drawn on secondment from the three service branches of the Pakistan Armed Forces; namely the Pakistan Army, the Pakistan Air Force, and the Pakistan Navy, hence the name "Inter-Services", although it also includes civilians.
Since the 1971 India-Pakistan War, the ISI has been headed by a serving three-star general of the Pakistan Army, who is appointed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan on recommendation of the Chief of Army Staff, who recommends three officers for the job. The ISI is headed currently by Lt. Gen. Naveed Mukhtar who was appointed Director-General on 12 December 2016. The Director-General reports directly to both the Prime Minister and the Army Chief.
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