Zahirul Islam Abbasi, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Pakistani Army commander
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About Zahirul Islam Abbasi
- Major General Zahirul Islam Abbasi (Urdu: ???? ????? ??????; 12 January 1943 – 30 July 2009) was a former commander and officer 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.
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