In a landmark verdict on December 11, 2025, a Pakistani Field General Court Martial sentenced former ISI Director General Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed to 14 years’ rigorous imprisonment for engaging in political activities, violating the Official Secrets Act, misusing authority, and causing wrongful loss to individuals. Arrested on August 12, 2024, amid a Supreme Court-ordered probe into the Top City housing scandal, Hameed—Imran Khan’s close ally during his 2019-2021 ISI tenure—faced a 15-month trial under the Pakistan Army Act, with full legal rights upheld. From India’s strategic lens, this unprecedented conviction of a top spy chief signals internal military purges under Gen Asim Munir, potentially weakening ISI’s proxy terror networks against India, curbing political meddling, and exposing rifts that could limit Pakistan’s hybrid warfare capabilities along the LoC. Hameed retains appeal rights, as separate probes into May 2023 unrest continue