<p>Islamabad: Pakistan has appointed spy chief Lt Gen Muhammad Asim Malik as the new National Security Adviser (NSA) amidst raging tension with India.</p>.<p>Malik was appointed as the director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in October 2024.</p>.<p>According to a notification issued by the Cabinet Division on Tuesday, General Malik was formally given the task of the NSA.</p>.Pahalgam terror attack | Govt revamps National Security Advisory Board, appoints ex-R&AW chief Alok Joshi its chairman.<p>“Lt Gen Muhammad Asim Malik HI (M), DG (I), shall hold the additional charge of the National Security Adviser, with immediate effect,” the notification stated.</p>.<p>He is the country’s tenth NSA, but it is for the first time that a serving ISI chief was given the task to serve concurrently in the two key positions.</p>.<p>The posting comes amid heightened tensions with India following the recent Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, in which 26 people were killed.</p>.<p>The NSA position had remained vacant since April 2022, when the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government was ousted.</p>.<p>Dr Moeed Yusuf was serving as the NSA at that time. </p>
<p>Islamabad: Pakistan has appointed spy chief Lt Gen Muhammad Asim Malik as the new National Security Adviser (NSA) amidst raging tension with India.</p>.<p>Malik was appointed as the director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in October 2024.</p>.<p>According to a notification issued by the Cabinet Division on Tuesday, General Malik was formally given the task of the NSA.</p>.Pahalgam terror attack | Govt revamps National Security Advisory Board, appoints ex-R&AW chief Alok Joshi its chairman.<p>“Lt Gen Muhammad Asim Malik HI (M), DG (I), shall hold the additional charge of the National Security Adviser, with immediate effect,” the notification stated.</p>.<p>He is the country’s tenth NSA, but it is for the first time that a serving ISI chief was given the task to serve concurrently in the two key positions.</p>.<p>The posting comes amid heightened tensions with India following the recent Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, in which 26 people were killed.</p>.<p>The NSA position had remained vacant since April 2022, when the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government was ousted.</p>.<p>Dr Moeed Yusuf was serving as the NSA at that time. </p>