Zahirul Islam Abbasi

Major General Zahirul Islam Abbasi
Native name	ﻇﻬﻴﺮ ﺍﻹﺳﻼﻡ ﻋﺑﺎﺳﻰ
Nickname(s)	Zaheer bhai
Born	12 January 1943 (1943-01-12) Hazara, British India
Died	30 July 2009 (2009-07-31) (aged 66) Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service / branch	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1963–1995
Rank	Major General
Unit	Baloch Regiment
Commands	14th Infantry Brigade, Siachen Director General Infantry Corps (DGIC) Defence Attaché of Pakistan to India
Battles / wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1984 Soviet–Afghan War 1995 Pakistani coup d'état attempt
Awards	Sitara-e-Jurat Sitara-i-Basalat Tamgha-i-Khidmat Hilal-i-Imtiaz Imtiazi Sanad

Major General Zahirul Islam Abbasi (Urdu: ﻇﻬﻴﺮ ﺍﻹﺳﻼﻡ ﻋﺑﺎﺳﻰ; 12 January 1943 – 30 July 2009) was a former commander and general of the Pakistan Army. Serving in the Siachen region of the disputed territory of Kashmir, Abbasi planned and executed assaults on Indian Army posts. Abbasi was sentenced to 7 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 major general. No political party was linked to this coup attempt as determined by the courts.