Asad Durrani

Asad Durrani
Birth name	Mohammad Asad Durrani
Nickname	Fire Fox
Born	February 7, 1941 (1941-02-07) (age 70) Lahore, British Punjab State, British Indian Empire
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1959-1993
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Unit	Military Intelligence Corps
Commands held	Inter-Services Intelligence (DG ISI) Military Intelligence (DG MI) ( Judge Advocate General Branch Command and Staff College National Defence University 350th Military Intelligence Brigade
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 Bangladesh Liberation War Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 Soviet war in Afghanistan Operation Midnight Jackal
Awards	Hilal-i-Jur'at Hilal-i-Imtiaz (military)

Lieutenant General Mohammad Asad Durrani (born 7 February 1941), is a retired 3-star rank general in the Pakistan Army and presently an intelligence commentator. Durrani previously served as the Director-general of the Inter-Services Intelligence and former director-general of the Pakistan Army's Military Intelligence.

Career

Durrani was born in in 1941 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan in an Afghan family. From 1957 to 1959, Durrani attended the Government College, now a University, where he did his degree in Bachelor of Science, and subsequently joined the Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul. In 1960, he was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Army as a gunner officer. Durrani, as Captain participated in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 where he commanded his company. In 1968, he was promoted to Major. Also took part in the 1971 war against India.

Durrani has been on key posts including instructor-ship at the officers academy and later at the Command and Staff College, Quetta, Director General of Military Intelligence, Director General of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence, Inspector General Training and Evaluation at the General Head Quarters and Commandant at the National Defence College, now a University.

Durrani is a graduate from the General Staff Academy, Germany. He has also been Pakistan's military attaché to Germany from 1980 to 1984. After retiring from the Army, he was Pakistan's ambassador to Germany (1994-970 and Saudi Arabia (2000-02).

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References

1. ^ "Lieutenant General Asad Durrani". Inter Services Intelligence. Inter Services Intelligence. http://www.isi.org.pk/g.asad.htm. Retrieved 10 April 2011. 

Military offices
Preceded by Shamsur Rahman Kallu	Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence 1990 – 1992	Succeeded by Javed Nasir

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Name	Durrani, Asad
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Date of birth	7 February 1941
Place of birth	Lahore, British Punjab State, British Indian Empire
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