Hamid Gul

Hamid Gul HI, SBt, was a threestar general in the Pakistan Army, defence analyst and a former spymaster. Gul was notable for serving as the DirectorGeneral of the InterServices Intelligence , Pakistans premier intelligence agency, between 1987 and 1989. During his tenure, Gul played an instrumental role in directing ISI support to Afghan resistance groups against Soviet forces during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, in cooperation with the CIA. Among his possessions was a piece of the Berlin Wall, gifted to him by the Germans for delivering the first blow to the Soviet Union.

Gul was born onNovember 1936 to Muhammad Khan in Sargodha of Punjab, in what was then the British Raj . He got his early education from a school in his village. He briefly got admission in Government College Lahore, before being admitted to Pakistan Military Academy Kakul. Guls family were Pathans of Punjab and belonged to the Yusufzai tribe, who originated from Punjab, later settling in Sargodha in Punjab.

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