Pakistan's new Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa today abruptly removed the head of the country's powerful spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence. He appointed Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar as Director-Genereal of the ISI, replacing Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar. <br/><br/>The new ISI chief Lt Gen Mukhtar possess a vast experience in the field of intelligence and has headed the counter-terrorism wing of the spy agency in Islamabad. <br/><br/>Lt Gen Akhtar, who was at the centre of controversy following a Dawn newspaper report, which said that Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif-led government had told the Army to either act against terrorists or face international diplomatic isolation.<br/><br/>Army said in a statement that Lt Gen Akhtar has been appointed President of the National Defence University. The Army Chief also made several other significant changes in the army's top brass.<br/><br/>The newly-promoted Lt Gen Bilal Akbar has been appointed Chief of General Staff.