Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed
فیض حمید
Commander XXXI Corps
In office 9 August 2022 – 3 December 2022
Preceded by	Lt. Gen. Khalid Zia
Succeeded by	Lt. Gen. Saqib Mehmood Malik
Commander XI Corps
In office 20 November 2021 – 8 August 2022
Preceded by	Lt. Gen. Nauman Mehmood
Succeeded by	Lt. Gen. Sardar Hassan Azhar Hayat
24th Director General of the ISI
In office 16 June 2019 – 19 November 2021
President	Arif Alvi
Prime Minister	Imran Khan
Preceded by	Lt. Gen. Asim Munir
Succeeded by	Lt. Gen. Nadeem Anjum
Adjutant General at GHQ
In office April 2019 – June 2019
Director General CT-Wing of the ISI
In office Jan 2017 – April 2019
GOC 16th Infantry Division Pano Akil
In office June 2015 – Jan 2017
Preceded by	Brigadier Shafqatullah[1]
Personal details
Born	Chakwal, Pakistan
Residence(s)	Chaklala, Rawalpindi
Alma mater	Pakistan Command & Staff College Pakistan Military Academy
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1987-2022
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Baloch Regiment
Commands	DG ISI DG CounterTerrorism-ISI Wing Commander XI Corps Commander XXXI Corps GOC 16th Infantry Division AG General Headquarters
Awards	Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Faiz Hameed HI(M) (Punjabi & Urdu: فیض حمید) is a retired three-star general of the Pakistan Army and former spymaster who served as the 24th Director General of the ISI.^[2][3][4] He was commissioned in the Baloch Regiment having served as GOC 16th Infantry Division Pano Akil.^[5] He last served as Commander of the XXXI Corps before taking pre-mature retirement on 10 December 2022.^[6][7]

Early life and family

Faiz was born in village of Latifal, Chakwal and he joined the Pakistan Military Academy in 1987. He graduated from Command & Staff College, Quetta and was commissioned in the Baloch Regiment of the Pakistan Army. He has three brothers, Sardar Sikandar Hayat, Sardar Najaf, and Sardar Khizar. His brother Sikandar Hayat died in 2016 in an accident while his brother Sardar Najaf Hameed is a land revenue officer in his hometown. Faiz Hameed's family belongs to Chakwal which has produced prominent military commanders in the history of Pakistan.^[8]

Military career

Faiz was commissioned in the Pakistan Army's Baloch Regiment. He served as Adjutant General at the GHQ in Rawalpindi, Pakistan from April 2019 to June 2019. He previsouly served as head of the ISI from January 2017 to April 2019. He has remained GOC (General Officer Commanding) of 16 infantry divisions at Pano Akil Cantonment from June 2015 to January 2017, DG Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from June 2019 to 6 October 2021. He also served as Corp Commander In Peshawar and Bahawalpur until his retirement.^[9]

Director-General of the ISI (2019–2021)

Lt Gen Faiz Hameed previously served as head of the ISI (Counter Intelligence Wing). Later he served as Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence (DG-ISI) from June 2019 to 6 October 2021. He was the 24th Director-General of ISI. Lt Gen Faiz Hameed is best known for the role of chief spymaster. In September 2021, he visited Kabul just months after the Afghan Taliban took control of the country and discussed the changes after the US withdrawal.

Activities in Kabul following the Taliban victory

During his time as head of the ISI amid the 2021 Fall of Kabul he reached Kabul a few days after the Afghan capital was conquered by the Taliban. When a reporter asked "What do you hope is going to happen now in Afghanistan", Lt Gen Faiz Hameed replied with a smile on his face, "Don't worry, everything will be okay" in Afghanistan as he arrived in Kabul on what sources said was a day-long trip related to the security of the region.^[10]

Effective dates of promotion

Insignia	Rank	Date
	Lieutenant General	April 2019
	Major General	Feb 2015[11]
	Brigadier
	Colonel
	Lieutenant Colonel
	Major
	Captain
	Lieutenant
	Second Lieutenant	1987

Awards and decorations

Foreign decorations

Foreign Awards
United Nations	UNMIK[citation needed] (Kosovo) Medal