Mustansir Billah
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Brigadier Mustansir Billah | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance |  Pakistan |
| Service/ |  Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | till 1995 |
| Rank |  Brigadier |
| Commands held | Deputy Military Secretary at GHQ |
YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2019–present |
| Subscribers | 102[1] |
| Total views | 4,700[1] |
Last updated: 9 August 2023 | |
coup d'état in 1995 against the civilian government of Benazir Bhutto
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
1995 Pakistani coup d'etat attempt.[2]
Military career
In 1995, he plotted a coup against the Government of
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.[3][4]
Imprisonment and release
After the coup failed, He was court-martialed and imprisoned for 14 years in 1995 and released in 2009.[5][6][7]
See also
- 1995 Pakistani coup d'état attempt
- Zia-ul-Haq's Islamization
- Benazir Bhutto
- Islamism
- History of Pakistan
- Pakistani Armed Forces
References
- ^ a b "About Mustansir Billah". YouTube.
- ^ "Arrest of senior officers for plotting a coup reveals threat Benazir faces from the Right". 28 June 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Cover Story:Jihadis in the Ranks". Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "FUNDAMENTALIST COUP PLOT REPORTED IN PAKISTAN". 16 October 1995. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Ex-servicemen's conviction: SC dismisses review pleas". 8 January 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Supreme Court rejects review pleas of 1995 coup plotters - The Nation". 9 January 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Jihadism and the military in Pakistan". 11 August 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
