Asad DURRANI

Lt. Gen. (R) Asad Durrani joined the Pakistan Army in 1959. During his military career he was instructor at the Military Academy and the Command & Staff College. In 1988 he was appointed Director General of the Military Intelligence (MI) and in 1990, head of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). His last two assignments were Inspector General of Training and Evaluation at the Army Headquarters, and Commandant of the National Defence College (now a University). He retired in 1993. He is a graduate of the German General Staff Academy, and was later Defence Attaché in Germany. After leaving the Army he was Pakistan's Ambassador to Germany (1994-1997) and Saudi Arabia (2000-2002).