sentences:  Acting on a tip-off from the then Maj. Gen. Ali Kuli Khan Khattak, who was then the director-general of military intelligence (DGMI), the then chief of general staff (CGS) Lt. Gen. Jehangir Karamat, who later became the Chief of the Army Staff suppressed the coup by arresting 36 army officers and 20 civilians in Rawalpindi and the capital Islamabad.Qari Saifullah saved himself by becoming an "approver" (government witness) on behalf of the prosecution during the trial.Based on this deal, Qari Saifullah was given freedom in 1996 and did not face a trial.