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Ali Haider Gilani, the abducted son of former Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani who has been recovered from Afghanistan’s Paktia province has finally reunited with family at Gilani House, Lahore.
Ali Haider Gilani was abducted by unknown assailants on 9 May 2013 when eight armed men opened fire at a meeting in Farrukhabad and dragged Ali Haider into a car.
PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari confirmed the former premier’s son’s recovery. “PM Yousuf Raza Gilani received a call from ambassador of Afghanistan.
“His son Haider Gilani has been recovered in a successful operation,” the PPP chairman said on Twitter
PM @YR_Gillani received call from ambassador of Afghanistan.His son @haidergilani has been recovered in a successful operation.Alhamdulillah
— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) May 10, 2016
Pakistan’s foreign ministry said the Afghan National Security Adviser, Mohammad Hanif Atmar, told Pakistan’s foreign affairs adviser, Sartaj Aziz, in a telephone call that Ali Hiader Gilani was found on Tuesday and is safe.
Gilani, believed to be in his thirties, is the son of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani whose secular anti-Taliban Pakistan People’s Party’s led several major offensives against militants.
Last year, the elder Gilani said the kidnappers demanded the release of several al-Qaida prisoners in exchange for his son.
Gunmen kidnapped the younger Gilani in May 2013, several days before the general elections in Pakistan.
Agencies/Canadajournal
