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Lieutenant General Mohammad Asim Malik was on Monday announced as the country's next spy chief, replacing the incumbent Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum who served for nearly three years in the role.

The appointment of the country's top spy, the head of the country's premier intelligence service, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has always been a major headline.

Lt Gen Malik joins a list of illustrious and sometimes infamous past ISI chiefs from Lt General Asad Durrani, Lt General Hameed Gul, Lt General Ashfaq Parvez Kiyani, Lt General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, Lt General Zaheer ul Islam, and most recently, Lt General Faiz Hameed.

How is the ISI chief appointed?

According to the rules, the director general of the ISI reports to the country’s prime minister.

However, with a strong trend of appointing serving senior officers from the military as the head of the spy organisation, they are also answerable to the army chief.

Per the established practice, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) send