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Pakistan arrests former spymaster in unprecedented legal case

Faiz Hameed faces court martial in trial seen as warning to jailed PM Imran Khan

Afghans at a protest in Delhi in September 2021 deface a picture of Faiz Hameed, then the head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency.   © Reuters

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's army has arrested the former chief of the country's spy agency, Faiz Hameed, in an unprecedented move seen as a warning to jailed ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Hameed, a retired army Lieutenant General who headed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from 2019 to 2021, was taken into custody on Monday to face a military court martial. The charges are linked to a property case and for allegedly engaging in banned political activities after his retirement, the army said.

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