Naveed Mukhtar
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Naveed Mukhtar | |
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| Chairman Army Welfare Trust | |
| Assumed office 15 January 2021 | |
| 22nd Commander of the V Corps | |
| In office October 2014 – 7 December 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani |
| Succeeded by | Shahid Baig Mirza |
| Director General of the ISI | |
| In office 11 December 2016 – 25 October 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Lt. Gen. Rizwan Akhtar |
| Succeeded by | Lt. Gen. Asim Munir |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Pakistan |
| Branch/service |  Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1983 – 2018 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant General |
| Unit | 13th Lancers |
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Naveed Mukhtar is a retired three-star Pakistan Army lieutenant general and former spymaster who served as the Director General of the ISI in office from 11 December 2016 until his retirement on 25 October 2018. Before his appointment as Director General of the ISI, Mukhtar commanded the V Corps. He is credited with having played a pivotal role in the success of Operation Lyari.[1]
Mukhtar belongs to a Punjabi Muslim Arain family from the Nankana Sahib region of Punjab.[2]
His father Mukhtar Ahmed is a retired brigadier of the Pakistan Army, whose cousin Chaudhry Munir is a businessman from Rahim Yar Khan. Chaudhry Munir's daughter is married to Naveed Mukhtar's son, while a sister has married into the Abu Dhabi royal family and a son has married the granddaughter of Nawaz Sharif.[3]
