The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is Pakistan's primary intelligence agency, responsible for national security and intelligence. It was established in 1948 to strengthen information sharing between the military branches. The ISI is the largest of Pakistan's five intelligence services and is headed by a three-star general from the army. It collects, analyzes, and classifies intelligence to support the government and conducts espionage, propaganda, and other secret operations both inside and outside of Pakistan. The ISI recruits from both military and civilian sectors and has faced attacks and casualties as it has targeted terrorist groups within Pakistan.

2. Presented By
Wajeeha Ali

3. The Directorate General for Inter-
Services Intelligence or Inter-Services
Intelligence (abbreviated ‫ایس‬‫آئی‬) is the
premier intelligence service of Pakistan,
operationally responsible for providing
critical national security and intelligence
assessment to the Government of
Pakistan.

4. The ISI is the largest of the
five intelligence services of
Pakistan, the others being
the Intelligence Bureau (IB),
Military Intelligence (MI), Naval
Intelligence (NI) and Air
Intelligence (AI).

5. The ISI was established as an
independent intelligence service in
1948 in order to strengthen the sharing
of military intelligence between the
three branches of Pakistan Armed
Forces in the aftermath of the Indo-Pak
War of 1947, which had exposed
weaknesses in intelligence gathering,
sharing and coordination between
the Army, Air Force and Navy.

6. After the 1971 Indo Pak war, the agency has
been headed by a Gen officer three-
star general officer of Pakistan Army, being
the biggest segment of Pakistan armed
forces. The agency includes officers from all
three branches of the Pakistan Armed
Forces; Pak Army, Pak Air force, Pak Navy
and large number of Civilians officers.

7. Organization
ISI's headquarters are located in Islamabad, and
currently the head of the ISI is called the
Director General- who has to be a serving
Lieutenant General in the Pakistan Army. Under
the Director General, three Deputy Directors
General report directly to him and are in charge
in three separate fields of the ISI which are
Internal wing – dealing with counter-
intelligence and political issues inside Pakistan,
External wing – handling external issues, and
Analysis and Foreign Relations wing.

8. Both civilians and members of the armed forces can join the
ISI. For civilians, recruitment is advertised and is jointly
handled by the Federal Public Services Commission (FPSC)
and civilian ISI agents are considered employees of the
Ministry of Defense. The FPSC conducts various examinations
testing the candidate's knowledge of current affairs, English
and various analytical abilities. Based on the results, the FPSC
shortlists the candidates and sends the list to the ISI who
conduct the initial background checks. The selected
candidates are then invited for an interview which is
conducted by a joint committee comprising both ISI and FPSC
officials.
Recruitment and training

9. Major operations
Functions
• Collection of information and extraction of intelligence
from information.
• Classification of intelligence
Data is sifted through, classified as appropriate, and
filed with the assistance of the computer network in
ISI's headquarters in Islamabad.
• Aggressive intelligence
The primary mission of ISI includes aggressive
intelligence which comprises espionage, psychological
warfare, subversion, sabotage.
• Counterintelligence
ISI has a dedicated section which spies against
enemy's intelligence collection.

10. Major operations
Methods
• Diplomatic missions
Diplomatic missions provide an ideal cover and
ISI centers in a target country are generally
located on the embassy premises.
• Multinational
ISI operatives find good covers in multinational
organizations. Non-governmental
organizations and cultural programs are also
popular screens to shield ISI activities.
• Media
International media centers can easily absorb ISI
operatives and provide freedom of movement.[

11. • Collaboration with other agencies
ISI maintains active collaboration with other secret
services in various countries. Its contacts with Saudi
Arabian Intelligence Services, Chinese Intelligence, the
American CIA and British MI6 have been well known.
• Third Country Technique
ISI has been active in obtaining information and
operating through third countries like
Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka, Iran, Turkey and China.

12. ISI has worked in:
• Afghanistan
• Bosnia
• India
• Pakistan
• Libya
• Iran
• France
• Soviet Union and Post-Soviet
states
• United Kingdom
• United States

13. /
ISI uses different types of equipment
connected and shared from Special
Operations Forces. The Primary weapon
given to ISI Operatives is FN Five-
Seven, Heckler & Koch USP and Glock Pistols.
Equipment

14. Since Pakistan's launch of war on Al-Qaeda,
Taliban and other jihadist groups, the country's
armed forces, intelligence services (particularly
ISI), military industrial complexes, paramilitary
forces and police forces have come under
intense attacks. ISI has played major role in
targeting these groups, therefore it has faced
retaliatory strikes as well. As of 2011, more than
300 ISI officials have been killed.
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