Zaheer-ul-Islam HI (M), (Urdu: ﻇﻬﻴﺮ ﺍﻹﺳﻼﻡ) is a retired lieutenant-general of the Pakistan Army who served as the 25th Director General of the ISI.

[4] His uncle was Shah Nawaz Khan, a major general in the Indian National Army of Subhas Chandra Bose.

Zaheer served as the Director-General of the Counter-Terrorism Wing of the ISI before he was promoted to a lieutenant general and moved to Karachi as the Commander of the V Corps.

[7] Zaheer-ul-Islam became politically active in June 2022 when he publicly shown support for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

[8] Previously, in 2020, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif accused Zaheer-ul-Islam of seeking his resignation during the 2014 Azadi march.