Imtiaz Ahmed (brigadier)

Imtiaz Ahmed (4 June 1935 - 18 June 2025) commonly known as Imtiaz Billa, was a Pakistani retired military officer and 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.

In 1993, General Asif Nawaz Janjua's widow accused Shehbaz Sharif, Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan, and Brigadier Imtiaz of being behind her husband's death.

In 2001, Ahmed was convicted by the anti-corruption court when NAB prosecuted him on monetary embezzlement. 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.

He passed away on 18 June 2025 in CMH Rawalpindi after a prolonged illness.