The former head of Pakistan’s powerful spy agency will appeal a 14-year hard labour sentence on charges including abuse of power, his lawyer said on Friday (December 12, 2025), decrying a “sham” military trial.

Faiz Hameed, who ran Inter-Services Intelligence during the tenure of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, was detained in 2024 following claims he raided the businesses of a real estate developer in a shakedown attempt, according to Supreme Court documents.

The army said on Thursday (December 11, 2025) that a military court had convicted him of several charges including “engaging in political activities” and causing “wrongful loss to persons”, sentencing him to 14 years of “rigorous imprisonment”.

The former spy chief’s lawyer Ali Ashfaq told AFP that he planned to appeal the prison sentence “within the next few days”.

The lawyer said he had not yet received a copy of the military court ruling, and that Faiz Hameed’s defence team or family had not been notified in advance “to ensure the presence or availability of lawyers at the time of the judgement”.