Mustansir Billah
Brigadier Mustansir Billah () is a former general of the Pakistan Army. He was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for being party to an attempted coup d'état against the civilian government of Benazir Bhutto in 1995 while he was still a serving Brigadier general. No political party was linked to this coup attempt as determined by the courts. Brigadier Mustansar Billah, deputy military secretary at the General Headquarters (GHQ) was the alleged brain behind the 1995 Pakistani coup d'etat attempt. Military career. In 1995, he plotted a coup against the Government of Benazir Bhutto along with Major General Zahirul  Islam Abbasi. The coup named Operation Khalifa aimed at taking over the GHQ at the time of a Corps Commanders’ Conference, by eliminating key commanders, and then taking over the country with the ultimate objective of imposing a Taliban-style Sunni government. Imprisonment and Release. After the coup failed, He was court-martialled and imprisoned for 14 years in 1995 and released in 2009.