Gul Hassan Khan Lieutenant - General Gul Hassan Khan ( death 1999 ) , was a three - star general and the last Army Commander - in - Chief of the Pakistan Army from 20 December 1971 to 3 March 1972 . Khan was the shortest Army Commander - in - Chief of Pakistan Army as of time line , and was deposed by President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto after the Hamoodur Rahman Commission , led by Chief Justice Hamoodur Rahman , recommended his deposal . In a trial led by JAG Branch , General Hassan Khan was immediately retired from the Army and further relieved from any benefits given to the retired officers . Army career . Khan was born in Quetta , British Balochistan of the British Indian Empire . In 1929 , Khan joined the Indian Military Academy at Dehra Dun , and graduated from there in 1942 . He obtained commission in the British Indian Army , and landed a staff job in the Army . Throughout the World war , Khan served as Aide - de - Camp ( ADC ) to Viscount Slim and opted for Pakistan citizenship in 1947 . Khan participated in the Indo - Pakistani war in Kashmir as Lieutenant - Colonel . He also spent another year serving ADC to Governor - General Jinnah , founder of Pakistan . In 1960 , Khan was promoted to Brigadier - General and commanded a small Brigade . During the Indo - Pakistani War of 1965 , he was Director Military Operations ( DMO ) . His actions of valor won him the prestigious " Star of Pakistan " . After the war , he was promoted to Major - General . In 1967 , he was made GOC of the 1st Armoured Division of Pakistan Army . In 1969 , he was made Chief of General Staff ( CGS ) . Role in 1971 . During 1971 , he allegedly either executed or approved military operations in East - Pakistan , since as the Chief of General Staff ( CGS ) of Pakistan Army , he was heading the Military operations and intelligence during this period . It is also alleged that he was the ' intellectual planner ' of Pakistan Army ' s crackdown in former East Pakistan and that he preferred a military solution of the political crisis looming over the horizon of Pakistan during 1971 . After the war , the newly installed civilian President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto approved the appointment of Army Commander - in - Chief , and promoted him to Lieutenant - General . In controversy , Khan was avoided to be promoted the 4 - star rank as oppose to his predecessors , by Bhutto . He lacked foresight as was viewed by some of his colleagues in Pakistan Army as " short on strategic vision but good as field commander " . As Army Commander - in - Chief , Khan lessened the value of the Directorate for Inter - Services Intelligence ( " ISI " ) . The " ISI " lost its importance throughout this time , and the new Army Commander did not pay any attention to " ISI " . The " ISI " ' s operations were never revealed to him and Khan was reluctant and incompetent commander to control the " ISI " . Ouster from the Army . His tenure , however , was short - lived . He was ousted as Army Commander - in - Chief on 3 March 1972 by Judge Advocate General Branch by the order of the Civilian Martial Law administrator and then - President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto . His retirement privileges and benefits were taken away as well as received a dishonorable discharge . He was allegedly huddled up in a car and taken to Lahore by road by Ghulam Mustafa Khar , a politician and a close associate of Bhutto ' s . Khan ' s alleged involvement and his controversial approvals of military operations during 1971 in East Pakistan created a public resentment towards him , as he was the Director - General of the Director - general for the Military Operations ( DGMO ) . When it was cleared by Hamoodur Rahman Commission , led by Chief Justice Hamoodur Rahman , Bhutto fired Khan as Army Commander - in - Chief and appointed General Tikka Khan instead . Family . He had three brothers and a sister . He has relatives still residing in Pabbi near Peshawar , and in Quetta , Pakistan . General Gul Hassan Khan died in 1999 and was buried in Pabbi in Nowshera District ( Main town of Chearat Cant , Chowki Mumriaz , Taroo Jaba , Akber Pura ) . In the last few years of his life he was dividing his time between Vienna , Austria and Rawalpindi , Pakistan . He wrote a book " Memoirs of Lt . Gen . Gul Hassan Khan " .