Rawalpindi: Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Tuesday stated that former DG ISI Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed was drawn into political activities by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former prime minister Imran Khan.
Speaking at a press conference, the DG ISPR underscored that terrorism continues to pose the most serious threat to Pakistan’s security, noting that counter-terrorism operations reached an unprecedented level of intensity during 2025.
Responding to queries regarding the resettlement of militants in 2021 and claims of selective accountability, he warned that institutions lose their effectiveness and credibility when politicised. He emphasized that the armed forces remain the only institution committed to staying above political influence.
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Without naming Imran Khan directly, Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said that at the time, the then prime minister runs his political party in a dictatorial manner, with the entire party and government revolving around a single individual.
“This was not an institutional matter; it was a game of personalities,” he said, adding that institutions should not be blamed for decisions taken for personal political interests.
“Where is the DG ISI from that time who was used for political purposes?”, DG ISPR questioned.
DG ISPR said that the former prime minister was extremely powerful, contradicting the claims that he lacked authority.
“He was so powerful that he declared the then Army Chief as the ‘father of the nation’. No prime minister since 1947 has ever exercised such authority,” he said.
He added that Pakistan has only one founding father — Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and one national poet, Allama Muhammad Iqbal, rejecting what he described as attempts to reshape national symbols for political convenience.
The DG ISPR criticised continued calls by KP govt for negotiations with terrorists, questioning their motivations.
“They have already pushed their own province into this fire and now want to drag the entire country into it,” he said, adding that such approaches have only worsened the security situation.
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