Muhammad Asad Durrani

Muhammad Asad Durrani (درانی; Durrānī ) (born February 7, 1941 in Lahore ) is a former Pakistani diplomat and former head of the Pakistani intelligence service ISI .

Life

Muhammad Asad Durrani belongs to a Pashtun tribal confederation that ruled over the Durrani Empire .

From 1957 to 1959 he earned a bachelor's degree from Government College University Lahore and postgraduate studies at Pakistan's National Military Academy, Kakul . In 1960 he was appointed lieutenant in the artillery. In 1965, during the second Indian-Pakistani war , he was promoted to colonel . He was promoted to major in 1968 and was employed in the war against India in December 1971. In 1975 he completed a general course at the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg. From 1980 to 1984 he was a military attaché in Bonn . From 1988 to 1989 he headed the Military Intelligence (MI). From 1990 to March 1992 he headed Inter-Services Intelligence . In this capacity he supported Gulbuddin Hekmatyār , was dismissed by Nawaz Sharif and retired in May 1993 . From March 22, 1994 to May 1997, he was Pakistan's Ambassador in Bonn .

From 2000 to 2002 he was ambassador to Riyadh . From June 5, 2006 to May 9, 2008, he was the unaccredited ambassador to Washington, DC Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry claimed that Durrani had given at least one political party state funds and thus manipulated elections.

Individual evidence

↑ Hein G. Kiessling: The Pakistani secret service ISI. (PDF; 104 kB) In: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung's international information. Dr. Gerhard Wahlers, June 7, 2005, p. 80 , accessed on May 12, 2015 (German / English).
↑ Asad Durrani. ISI, archived from the original on August 20, 2013 ; accessed on May 12, 2015 .
↑ Wolfgang Effenberger, The American Century ", Part 2, p. 299 FN.66
↑ Willi Germund: The country suffers, the elite fights. While there is chaos in some regions of the country, the judiciary, the army and politics are engaged in a bizarre power struggle. In: St. Galler Tagblatt. November 7, 2012, p. 5 , accessed on May 12, 2015 : "The anger aroused Choudry, some Pakistanis believe, because ex-army chief Alsam Beg and Asad Durrani, once head of the ISI secret service, were charged with allegations in 1990 denounced in the courtroom. The two had supported at least one party with money from their institutions and thus manipulated elections. "

predecessor	Office	successor
	Head of the Military Intelligence of Pakistan from 1988 to 1989	Javed Ashraf Qazi
Shamsur Rahman Kallu	Head of Inter-Services Intelligence August 1990 to March 1992	Javed Ashraf Qazi
Abdul Waheed	Pakistani ambassador in Bonn March 22, 1994 to May 1997	Gul Haneef
Khalid Mahmud	Pakistani ambassador to Riyadh from 2000 to 2002	Umar Khan Alisherzai
Jehangir Karamat	Pakistani Ambassador to Washington, DC June 5, 2006 to May 9, 2008	Hussein Haqqani

personal data
SURNAME	Durrani, Muhammad Asad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Pakistani diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	February 7, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lahore

[1] Hein G. Kiessling: The Pakistani secret service ISI. (PDF; 104 kB) In: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung's international information. Dr. Gerhard Wahlers, June 7, 2005, p. 80 , accessed on May 12, 2015 (German / English).

[2] Asad Durrani. ISI, archived from the original on August 20, 2013 ; accessed on May 12, 2015 .

[3] Wolfgang Effenberger, The American Century ", Part 2, p. 299 FN.66

[4] Willi Germund: The country suffers, the elite fights. While there is chaos in some regions of the country, the judiciary, the army and politics are engaged in a bizarre power struggle. In: St. Galler Tagblatt. November 7, 2012, p. 5 , accessed on May 12, 2015 : "The anger aroused Choudry, some Pakistanis believe, because ex-army chief Alsam Beg and Asad Durrani, once head of the ISI secret service, were charged with allegations in 1990 denounced in the courtroom. The two had supported at least one party with money from their institutions and thus manipulated elections. "