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|laterwork=Current chairman of Chief Minister’s Inspection Team, Punjab Provincial Government.<ref>[http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/International/14-Apr-2010/ExDG-ISI-Ziauddin-Butt-appointed--Chairman-CMIT Ex-DG ISI Ziauddin Butt appointed Chairman CMIT]</ref> }}
General '''Ziauddin Khawaja''', also known as '''Ziauddin Butt''', is a four-star general <ref> http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/13/pakistan-s-musharraf-has-been-accused-of-knowing-osama-bin-laden-s-hideout.html </ref> of the [[Pakistan Army
Ziauddin has served as [[Director-General]] of Pakistan's premier intelligence agency [[Inter-Services Intelligence|ISI]]. He was nominated for the post of [[Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army|Pakistan Army chief]] on 12 Oct 1999 by then-Prime minister [[Nawaz Sharif]] after the dismissal of General [[Pervez Musharraf]], who had begun a coup against the government. The coup went ahead regardless of this appointment as Ziauddin told his supporters not to resist the move as it would cause dangerous in-fighting among the army.<ref>quoted by General Rehmat – Chief of PM House security</ref> Both Sharif and Ziauddin were arrested by the coup-makers and taken to different locations. Ziauddin was kept in solitary confinement for two years, and was subject to three army investigations which aimed to find some element of wrongdoing on his part. Musharraf decided to use a 'scouts penalty' – a discretionary punishment not requiring a crime, to dismiss General Ziauddin from service.
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