Former ISI chief Hameed Gul’s son Abdullah Gul survives assassination attempt

The son of General Hameed Gul- the previous ISI DG, Abdullah Gul narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on Friday night in Islamabad Expressway. In the attack, he remained unharmed.

Speaking to media he said, “When the two cars stopped me, I was driving my jeep and there were seven to eight bullets which were fired on my jeep. It was an attack near the old Islamabad airport.” He added that the law enforcement agencies and other government departments had informed him that his name was on the threat list.

Talking to media persons outside Safari Hospital, where the body of slain JUI-S chief Maulana Samiul Haq has been kept, Abdullah said armed assailants opened fire on his vehicle on the Islamabad Expressway. However, he remained unhurt in the attack.

Maulana Sami had been assassinated at his residence in Rawalpindi just hours earlier. Unidentified attackers stabbed the cleric to death while he was alone, initial reports said.

Maulana Sami, said to be around 83 years old, was the head of the Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Akora Khattak.

Maulana Sami and Abdullah’s father, retired Lt Gen Hamid Gul, had both been involved in Afghan war at various stages.

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