Faiz Ali Chishti

Faiz Ali Chishti is a Pakistani three-star rank general officer and former Corp commander of X Corps. Born in Punjab on 1927. He joined British Indian army in 1946 as artillery officer and later joined Pakistan army after partition in 1947. He was architect of 1977 martial law imposed in Pakistan, commanding the Corps of Military Police that held many political prisoners at that time. He wrote the book ''Betrayals of Another Kind. Islam, Democracy and the Army in Pakistan'' detailing President Zia-ul-Haq and the 1977 Pakistani military coup.