Faiz Hameed Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Other Names	Butcher of Panjshir
Profession	Retired Military Personnel
Famous for	Being the 24th Director General of the ISI
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 9" (175 cm)
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Salt & Pepper
Military Career
Service/Branch	Pakistan Army
Rank	Three-Star General
Service Years	1987-2022
Unit	Baloch Regiment
Commands	• GOC 16th Infantry Division Pano Akil (June 2015 – Jan 2017) • Director General CT-Wing of the ISI (Jan 2017 – April 2019) • Adjutant General at GHQ (April 2019 – June 2019) • 24th Director General of the ISI (16 June 2019 – 19 November 2021) • Commander XI Corps (20 November 2021 – 8 August 2022) • Commander XXXI Corps (9 August 2022 – 3 December 2022)
Career Ranks	• Second Lieutenant (1987) • Lieutenant (1991) • Captain (1995) • Major (1999) • Lieutenant Colonel (2003) • Colonel (2007) • Brigadier (2011) • Major General (February 2015) • Lieutenant General (April 2019)
Designations (major ones)	• General Officer Commanding (June 2015 to January 2017) • Adjutant General at GHQ (April 2019 to June 2019) • Director General CT-Wing of the ISI • 24th Director General of the ISI (2019 to 2022)
Military Decorations	• Jamhuriat Tamgha (1988) • 10 Years Service Medal • Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha (1990) • Tamgha-e-Salgirah Pakistan (1997) • Tamgha-e-Baqa (1998) • Tamgha-e-Istaqlal Pakistan (2002) • 20 Years Service Medal • 30 Years Service Medal • Hilal-e-Imtiaz (2018) • Tamgha-e-Diffa • Tamgha-e-Azm (2018) • 35 Years Service Medal • Command & Staff College Quetta • United Nations UNMIK Medal
Personal Life
Birthplace	Latifal, Chakwal, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Hometown	Chakwal, Pakistan
College/University	• Pakistan Military Academy, Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa • Pakistan Command & Staff College, Quetta
Educational Qualification	Graduate
Religion	Islam
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Controversies	• Charged with acting beyond his authority In 2017, during the Faizabad sit-in, he mediated between the protestors of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan and the Pakistan's government. Him mediating was severely criticised and he was charged with acting beyond his authority. In 2024, he was relieved of the charges. • Accused of rigging elections In 2018, Faiz Hameed was accused of rigging Pakistan's elections in favour of Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan by the former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif. Faiz Hameed was also accused of threatening the lawmakers to incline in favour of Imran Khan and his party. • Accused of judicial manipulations In 2018, he was accused of judicial manipulations by the Islamabad High Court's (IHC) judge, Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, in the Panama Papers case that resulted in the disqualification of Pakistan's PM, Nawaz Sharif. Faiz Hameed denied the allegations, calling them false and baseless. • Accused in Al-Qadir Trust case In May 2023, Pakistan’s former minister Faisal Vawda accused him of being the biggest beneficiary in the Al-Qadir Trust case which allegedly resulted in Pakistan's then Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife receiving billions of Pakistani Rupees and hundreds of kanals worth of land. • Court Martial In 2023, Moeez Ahmed Khan,the owner of private housing society, Top City, filed a petition, accusing Faiz Hameed along with a few Pakistani rangers and ISI agents to have conducted an unlawful raid on the Top City office and the residence of Kunwar Khan in 2017. Thereafter, Moeez filed a petition claiming that Hameed had tried to negotiate with him and said that he would return all items, except 4.6 kg of gold and cash recovered during the raid. He was further charged with violating the terms of his retirement. On 12 August 2024, the process of Field General Court Martial was initiated against Faiz Hameed for corruption. Disciplinary action was also initiated under the provisions of Pakistan Army Act, 1952.
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Children
Siblings	Brother(s)- 3 • Sardar Najaf Hameed (Revenue Officer) • Sardar Sikandar Hameed (died in an accident in 2016) • Sardar Khizar Hameed Sister-

Some Lesser Known Facts About Faiz Hameed

• He is considered to be a close aide of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan.
  

  Faiz Hameed (left) with Imran Khan (centre)

• In 2020, he acted as one of the chief mediators in the peace agreement between the United States and the Taliban which sought to end America’s war in Afghanistan, which began in 2001.

• He had several meetings with Ajit Doval, India’s National Security Advisor between 2020 and 2021 which led to the renewal of the ceasefire agreement on the Line of Control between India and Pakistan in 2021.

• In 2021, it was reported that his wife shot him after she found him in his hotel room with another woman, who was termed as ‘General Rani’ by the media.

• In September 2021, soon after the Taliban took over Afghanistan from America, he was seen drinking tea at Kabul’s Serena Hotel.
  

  Faiz Hameed drinking tea while visiting Afghanistan

• Pakistan’s former Prime minister, Imran Khan wanted Faiz Hameed’s term as the Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to be extended due to the unrest in Afghanistan after the Taliban’s takeover in 2021. The army, instead, announced Nadeem Anjum to be his replacement.

• In September 2021, Afghan nationals in Delhi, India, protested against the presence of ISI in Afghanistan and painted the picture of Faiz Hameed with red coloured ink as a protest because of his relationship with the Taliban.
  

  Faiz Hameed’s photo painted with the red coloured ink

• He is known as the ‘Butcher of Panjshir’ by the Afghans because he supports the Taliban who wiped out the resistance in the Panjshir Valley.

• He retired from Pakistan’s army 4 months before the completion of his tenure on 10 December 2022 after the appointment of General Asim Munir as the army chief.

• Pakistan’s military announced his arrest on 12 August 2024 on charges of corruption and violation of the army rules.

• His brother, Sardar Najaf Hameed, was charged for playing a role in Hameed-led ISI’s raid on Moeez’s office in 2023.

• He is the first ISI agent to get arrested and face court martial.