Zahirul Islam Abbasi Military person

Not to be confused with Lt. Gen. Zaheerul Islam, the Inter-Services Intelligence director-general.Major General Zahirul Islam Abbasi (12 January 1943 – 30 July 2009) was a former commander and officer of the Pakistani Army and the Inter-Services Intelligence agency of the Pakistani Armed Forces. Serving in the Siachen region of the disputed territory of Kashmir, Abbasi planned and executed assaults on Indian Army posts. Abbasi was accused and convicted for a period of 7 years for being party to an attempted coup d'état against the civilian government of Benazir Bhutto in 1995 while he was still a serving Major General in Pakistan Army. No political party was linked to this coup attempt as determined by the courts.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 12, 1943
Birth place	Hazara Pakistan , Presidencies and provinces of British India
Date of death	July 30, 2009
Place of death	Pakistan , Rawalpindi

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allegiance	Pakistan
award	Imtiazi Sanad Sitara-e-Jurat Sitara-e-Basalat Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-i-Khidmat Class I
military operations	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Soviet war in Afghanistan Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Siachen conflict
military branch	Pakistan Army
military command	14th Infantry Brigade Siachen Defence Attaché India Director General Infantry Corps (DGIC)
military unit	Infantry
service start	1963
service end	1995

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