ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan spymaster Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed has been sentenced to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment by a military court after being convicted of engaging in political activities, violating the Official Secrets Act and misusing his authority and government resources, the Pakistan army said on Thursday.
Hameed, who served as the director-general of Pakistan’s powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency from June 2019 until October 2021, was arrested in August 2024 over accusations he was involved in land grabbing and snatching valuables and property from the owner of a housing society. The military said at the time multiple instances of violations of the Pakistan Army Act post-retirement had also been established against Hameed, court martial proceedings had been initiated and that he was in the army’s custody.
Investigations against senior officers of Pakistan’s powerful army are extremely rare in Pakistan, where the military has ruled for almost half of the country’s history and wields considerable influence even during periods of civilian rule. The development takes place days after Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir was appointed as the country’s first chief of defense forces.
