Activities in Kabul following the Taliban victory

During his time as head of the ISI amid the 2021 Fall of Kabul he reached Kabul a few days after the Afghan capital was conquered by the Taliban. When a reporter asked "What do you hope is going to happen now in Afghanistan", Lt Gen Faiz Hameed replied with a smile on his face, "Don't worry, everything will be okay" in Afghanistan as he arrived in Kabul on what sources said was a day-long trip related to the security of the region.^[10]

Unconstitutional role during Faizabad Dharna

Faiz Hameed has been accused of political engineering in the favour of Imran Khan led PTI and undermine its political rival PMLN. Allegation has been raised that Faiz Hameed, as DG(C), ISI organized and supported Faizabad Dharna conducted by Tehreek-i-Labaik against PMLN government in 2017. The Dharna was aimed to undermine government of that time. The demonstration (Dharna) resulted in ''Faizabad Agreement'' in 2017. Faiz Hameed, as DG(C) had brokered the deal between sit-in protestors from various religious factions and the then PML-N government. As a result of the protest, the PML-N government had to sack its law minister Zahid Hamid. The Dharna aggravated the unpopularity of PMLN government resulted in its defeat in 2018 general elections.^[11]

Unconstitutional political engineering in favour of PTI

The PMLN leadership also claims that On July 25, 2018, general elections were held in Pakistan were heavily engineered in favour of PTI. They have been alleged by some as the ‘dirtiest’ elections in Pakistan history with military and ISI under Army Chief General Bajwa being accused of manipulating the elections and engineering a victory for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf over army's challenger Pakistan Muslim League (N). Faiz Hameed, as DG(C) of ISI was alleged to threaten many lawmakers to switch sides, defect from PMLN and other political parties to PTI. Faiz Hameed ensured manipulation in the post-poll scenario of 2018 General Elections to ensure a majority for the PTI. Parties like PMLQ, MQM, GDA and BAP were convinced by DG(C) Faiz Hameed to provide required support to PTI which ultimately brought Imran Khan's party to the power in 2018 general elections. ^[12]

Faiz Hameed, specifically ensured PTI gets support from MPAs needed to establish its government in Pakistan's Punjab province as PTI failed to achieve majority in 2018 elections to establish its government on its own. To provide PTI with required majority to form government in Punjab multiple independent MPAs were made to join PTI while PMLQ MPAs, under the influence of Faiz Hameed, also extended its support to PTI both at the provincial and federal level. Resultantly, PTI with support of military establishment led by General Bajwa and Faiz Hameed created its government in Punjab which was headed by Chief Minister Usman Buzdar.

Indeed, the scope of Gen Hameed’s ‘operations’ had as DG(C) so expanded under the then COAS Bajwa, from 2017 to 2019, that he could well have been the de facto ISI chief. Under his direction, journalists — whose freedom to report is the gauge of any democracy — were intimidated and micromanaged to a point where many media houses began resorting to self-censorship and/or became shameless propagandists for the state-approved narrative. After being appointed ISI chief, Gen Hameed became yet more powerful, the veritable wind beneath the PTI government’s sails.

Political witch-hunting of PMLN

The former justice of Islamabad High Court Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui had accused the DG(C) Faiz Hameed ISI in 2018 of interfering in the formation of the IHC benches that were supposed to hear former premier Nawaz Sharif’s appeal against his conviction in one of the three corruption references that had emanated from the Panama Papers case. The Justice accused that Faiz Hameed and ISI officials are forming judicial benches constitute of judges subservient to the military. The Justice Siddiqui alledged that military reportedly wanted Judges who anyhow convict Nawaz Sharif in Panama Papers Case. ^[13]

During his tenure as DG(C) Faiz pressurized Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar to convict Nawaz Sharif, his family members and his party members. Faiz Hameed was promoted as ISI chief in 2019. As ISI Chief he continued to remain under shadow of controversies. Faiz as ISI Chief was alleged to ensure Nawaz Sharif's incarceration through judicial engineering in which Nawaz Sharif was denied bail on various occasions, so that Sharif could not be able to pose any threat to PTI government.^[14]

Interference in No Confidence Motion of Chairman Senate

PPP in 2021, wanted to oust Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani. PPP enjoyed majority in the Senate yet its No Confidence Motion failed to oust Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani as bulk of Senators of PPP switched sided to the opposition led by PTI, supporting Sadiq Sanjrani. It was alleged that PTI was supported by then DG ISI Faiz Hameed which killed No Confidence Motion who abused his powers to intimidate many Senators of PPP to favour PTI.^[15]

DG ISI appointment controversy

In October 2021, Faiz Hameed was transferred out from ISI to Peshawar Corps. However, Imran Khan, resisted to implement these transfer orders as he wished Faiz Hameed must continue his tenure as ISI Chief. This deteriorated relations between Imran Khan and military establishment, resulting in ouster through No-Confidence Motion 2022.

Foreign decorations

Foreign Awards
United Nations	UNMIK (Kosovo) Medal