serviceyears branch commands birth_place unit awards battles rank article_title name
1969 -- 1992 pak dg intelligence intelligence bureau -lrb- dgib -rrb- additional dg inter-services gujranwala , punjab province pakistan baluch regiment tamgha-e-basalat -lrb- 1979 -rrb- indo-pakistani jackal soviet war in afghanistan operation clean-up war of 1971 operation sun rise operation midnight 15px brigadier imtiaz ahmed -lrb- brigadier -rrb-
 brigadier imtiaz ahmed
imtiaz ahmed -lrb- brigadier -rrb-

brigadier imtiaz ahmed , also known as imtiaz billa , is a retired one-star general of the pakistan army who served as a former director-general of intelligence bureau -lrb- i.b. -rrb- in the years 1990 -- 93 .
as a one-star general , brigadier imatiaz ahmad had served as a former senior intelligence operative in the inter-services intelligence -lrb- isi -rrb- .
he earned notoriety for his role in the covert operation midnight jackal to destabilise the democratic government of prime minister benazir bhutto in 1989 .
in a military trial held by judge advocate general branch of pakistan , the brigadier was found guilty and was sacked by the chief of army staff general mirza aslam beg .
he was imprisoned on corruption charges in 2001 as part of the national accountability drive of former president and chief of army staff general pervaiz musharraf .
in august 2009 , he gave several television interviews in which he revealed that jinnahpur conspiracy was fabricated , and gave more details about operation midnight jackal and the mehran bank scandal .
he is thought to be involved in the killing of general zia ul haq and general akhtar abdur rehman in 1988 .
this was stated by a politician and son of general akhtar abdur rehman mr. humayun akhtar khan who said that `` brig. imtiaz is the man who encouraged my father to board the c-130 which later met an accident . ''
however , imtiaz denies that .
billa has also been accused of the custodial murder of sindhi communist leader nazeer abbasi .
