Lieutenant General (retd) Javed Nasir, HI(M), SBt, was the former head of Inter-Services Intelligence from March 1992 till May 1993. He was instrumental in uniting the warring Afghan factions after the Soviet retreat, and installing the first Mujahideen government in Afghanistan. He was noted for being the first Pakistani general to have a full-grown beard against tradition of having only clean-shaved generals in the Pakistan Army after joining the Tablighi Jamaat.
Army career
Javed Nasir was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers in 1958. He did his Staff College from Australia and holds a bachelor's degree with honours in Civil Engineering and master's degree in Strategic Studies. Nasir served on the faculty of War Wing at National Defence College (NDC), Rawalpindi for 7 years including Chief Instructor (CI) for 4 years.
Nasir was promoted Lieutenant General on September 24, 1991 and served as Engineer-in-Chief of Pakistan Army till he was appointed the chairman Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF), Wah Cantt on February 4, 1992. On March 14, 1992, Nasir was made the DG ISI until his retirement from service on May 13, 1993.
Ojhri Camp Cleanup
In 1988, he was in charge to clean up the Ojhri Camp disaster. Against the estimated period of six months given by US and French experts, he led his team to clean up the entire dump containing millions of blinds by setting a personal example of handling the highly sensitive blinds with his own hands, in a record period of just 15 days without suffering a single casualty.
Enforcement of Peshawar Accord
After being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in 1991, he was appointed director general ISI on 14 March, 1992. His first major role was to bring all the warring factions of the Afghan Mujahideen to agree to the Peshawar Accord and successfully install the Mujahideen’s first government under Sibghatullah Mojaddedi in Kabul.
Bombay Blasts
During his tenure at ISI the spy agency was accused of masterminding a series of bomb blasts in Mumbai in March 1993, killing hundreds of people, allegedly with the help of Dawood Ibrahim, to avenge the demolition of Babri Mosque.
Bosnia
Under Genral Nasir's instructions ISI violated UN embargo on supplying arms to waring parties in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Arab Complaints
In 1993 several Arab countries including Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria complained about Genral Nasir extending support to radical Islamic movements in their countries.
Markas Dawar
In 1993 he created Markas Dawar to supply arms to Kashmir.
Forced Retirement
In May 1993, General Javaid Nasir was prematurely retired from the army, following the dismissal of Nawaz Sharif's government.
