Brigadier Imtiaz Ahmed | |
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| Birth name | Imtiaz Ahmed |
| Nickname(s) | Cat (Billa)[1] Bobcat (Baghar Billa)[2] Green-eyed Jackal: 96 [3] |
| Born | 4 June 1935: 33 [4] Gujranwala, Punjab British India (present day Pakistan) |
| Allegiance |  Pakistan |
| Service/ |  Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1960–1989 |
| Rank | &sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:OF-6_Pakistan_Army.svg){kind=small} Brigadier |
| Service number | PA–6280: 33 [4] |
| Unit | Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers |
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Brigadier Imtiaz Ahmed (Urdu: امتیاز احمد; born 1935: 33 [4]), SBt, TI(m), also known as Imtiaz Billa,[5] is a retired engineering officer in the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers, and former spy, who served as the Director-General of the Intelligence Bureau from 1990 to 1993.
After a brief time in Combat Engineering in the Pakistan Army, his career was mostly spent at the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, where he was responsible for running internal security before serving in the civilian Intelligence Bureau. In 1989, his military commission was discharged when he was implicated in the Operation Midnight Jackal political scandal in trying to sabotage then-Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's administration.[6]
In 2001, Ahmed was convicted by the anti-corruption court when NAB prosecuted him on monetary embezzlement.[7] Ahmed is a controversial figure in Pakistan, having been accused of involvement in the custodial death of Communist Party of Pakistan leader Nazeer Abbasi in 1980. He was later accused of having foreknowledge of the plane crash that resulted in the death of President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, CJCSC Gen. Akhtar Abdur Rahman and other dignitaries in 1988.[8][9][10]
- ^ Special reporter, correspondents (25 March 2013). "Cat out of the bag: Brig 'Billa' booked in bogus cheque case". The Express Tribune. The Express Tribune, 2013. The Express Tribune. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
{{cite news}}:|first1=has generic name (help) - ^ "Only bean-spilling spooks can tell why". DAWN.COM. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ Malik, I. (1996). "Security Agencies against Citizens". State and Civil Society in Pakistan: Politics of Authority, Ideology and Ethnicity. Washington DC, U.S.: Springer. p. 330. ISBN 9780230376298. Retrieved 18 November 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c Joshi, P. C. (2008). Main Intelligence Outfits of Pakistan. Anmol Publications Pvt. Limited. p. 435. ISBN 9788126135509. Retrieved 15 November 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ Shah, Sabir (12 September 2013). "Recapping the previous Karachi operations". The News. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ Ahmed, Khaled (28 March 2002) How blameless is the ISI? The Friday Times
- ^ Former Pakistan intelligence chief sentenced. BBC, 31 July 2001
- ^ Daily The News International 29 August 2009
- ^ Custodial death of Nazeer Abbasi Archived 2 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine, The News, 31 August 2009
- ^ Brig Imtiaz's arrest demanded for communist leader's murder, Daily Times, 31 August 2009