Former ISI chief Lt-Gen (Retd) Hamid Gul passes away

[DaZahroJaam.]

ISLAMABAD: Lieutenant-General (Retd) Hamid Gul passed away after suffering a brain haemorrhage, family sources said Friday.

Reports have it that Lt-Gen Gul, 80, was rushed to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Murree after falling seriously ill while vacationing in the hill-station with his family.

Later the daughter of former spymaster chief confirmed the death of her father to media.

Gul, HI(M), SBt, was a retired high-ranking general officer in the Pakistan Army, and a former spymaster famous for serving as the Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency, between 1987 and 1989 during the late stages of and post-stages of the Soviet war in Afghanistan.

Early Life

Gul was born on 20 November 1936 to Muhammad Khan in the Sargodha District of Punjab in what was then British India but now Pakistan. He got his early education from a school in his village. He briefly got admission in Government College Lahore, before reporting to Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul, Abbottabad.

His family, originally from Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa migrated to Lahore and after a few years they settled in Sargodha. Gul belongs to Mohmand tribe of Pashtuns.

Army career
Hamid Gul was commissioned in the Pakistan Army in October 1956 with the 18th PMA Long Course in the 19th Lancers regiment of the Armoured Corps. He was a squadron commander during the 1965 war with India. He attended the Command and Staff College Quetta in 1968-69.

During 1972–1976, Gul directly served under General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq as a battalion commander, and then as Staff Colonel, when General Zia was GOC, 1st Armoured Division and Commander, II Corps at Multan.

Thus, Gul had already cemented his ties with General Zia by serving under him when both were officers in the Armoured regiments of the II Corps. Gul was promoted to Brigadier in 1978 and steadily rose to be the Martial Law Administrator of Bahawalpur and then the Commander of the 1st Armoured Division, Multan in 1982, his appointments expressly wished by Zia himself.

[Karachi]

Jihadi general, who played a big hand in Pakistan going the mullah extremist terrorist way, pre 1980 pakistan was a very different place

[Badlun]

So this father of Taliban and promoter of terrorism and Islamism was a Pashtun from Swat?
Now he will be burning in the same flames he made while alive and where many Pashtuns were burnt and still burning. He was an enemy of Pashtuns . Curse upon him till eternity.

[randolph85]

Rest in piss. He worshiped his flag more than his book and was an all around idiot who spread nonsense.

[Brown Skinned Savage]

Meanwhile in Bangladesh

Modern Salahuddin Ayubi, the champion of oppressed Muslims, Gen Hamid Gul is organizing a seminar on the Rohingya issue. This is being held in Rawalpindi before Ramadhan.

[Kushan Prince]

Died of an illness or in reality committed suicide?

[Karachi]

Meanwhile in Bangladesh

Asad71 really said that?

[Brown Skinned Savage]

Asad71 really said that?

yep

[Insight]

Last reasonable military official of Pakistan.

[Al-Afghani]

The granddaddy of terrorism dies, finally.

Also, an interesting bit of information:

https://twitter.com/svbel

BTW, Hamid Gul was last in Afghanistan on August 19, 2001, during the Afg independence day parade under the Taliban. He was the chief guest.

[asad71]

1. A true Ghazi of modern times, the General devoted his post-retirement life to serving not only his people but the Muslim diaspora. He had a clear Pan-Islamic vision that attracted Muslims from all over. He was truly the Keeper of Conscience for contemporary Pakistan and Pakistanis. To the struggling and oppressed Muslims everywhere he was an inspiration always ready to advise and help. His name shall remain written in gold letters in the history of Pakhuns/Afghanistan.



2. Quite recently the General had fainted on the dais in a seminar. Unfortunately he did not slow down but kept working in full tempo. I had called him to greet Eid Mubarik and he had sounded fine. But that, it turns out, was misleading.



3. For the last few months the General had been devoting himself to address the Rohingya issue. He had taken this up as a challenge realizing well that the Rohingya Genocide is the worst of its kind in modern history. Worse is the fact that not many people knew about the extent of the problem and the magnitude of the atrocities by the Burmese. Next month he was to organize an international seminar to project this issue to the world media and leaders. He had planned that the President of Pakistan would be the chief guest at this seminar. The Ghazi was exerting overtime for the success of this seminar.



4. May Allah SWT grant him Zannat ul Ferdaus.

[Badlun]

Look how a devil is presented as a hero. This is the problem with Islamists to portray people like Osama bin Laden,Mullah Omar and Hameed Gul as heros.

What he practically for Rohingyas?Nothing except using their name for promoting Islamism and amassing wealth from Arab Wahabi tycoons.

[Brown Skinned Savage]

This is why I keep telling you people not to trust these Bangladeshi guys


Bengal_Tiger is best friends with Asad71, he just adjusts his views because he sees Pashtuns deploring Taliban and he wants to appease us to win our approval.

In reality Bengal_Tiger and Asad71 are in allegiance with one another. Don't fall for their chaplousi.

[randolph85]

[tilla_jogian]

Hamid Gul was true patriot, ready to give life for his native land. I didn't agree with many things he said, like being pan islamist. But every Pakistani is supposed to be pan islamist by default in fort of Islam. But at least better then those mullahs who think nationalism is haram.