<p>Pakistan's spy agency ISI's former chief Lt General (retd) Hamid Gul tonight passed away after a brain haemorrhage.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Gul suffered a brain haemorrhage and was shifted to the Combined Military Hospital in Murree near here where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival, the Dawn reported.<br /><br />Gul remained ISI chief during 1987 and 1989 when the US-backed Afghanistan's war against the then Soviet Union was at the last stages. He continued working in the spy agency in the post-stages of the Afghan war.<br /><br />He retired from service in 1992.<br /><br />Born in Sargodha on November 20, 1936, he joined the army in 1954 and was commissioned in the army in 1956.<br /><br />During the 1965 Indo-Pak war, Gul was a tank commander.<br /><br />He received training from the Staff college Quetta during 1968-1969. He then served as a battalion commander from 1972 to 1976 following which he was promoted to the rank of brigadier in 1978.<br /><br />In 1980, he was promoted to First Armoured Division Multan Corp's Commander and also served as martial law administrator in Bahawalpur.<br /><br />He was also awarded Hilal e Imtiaz (Military) and Sitarah e Basalat for his services.</p>
<p>Pakistan's spy agency ISI's former chief Lt General (retd) Hamid Gul tonight passed away after a brain haemorrhage.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Gul suffered a brain haemorrhage and was shifted to the Combined Military Hospital in Murree near here where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival, the Dawn reported.<br /><br />Gul remained ISI chief during 1987 and 1989 when the US-backed Afghanistan's war against the then Soviet Union was at the last stages. He continued working in the spy agency in the post-stages of the Afghan war.<br /><br />He retired from service in 1992.<br /><br />Born in Sargodha on November 20, 1936, he joined the army in 1954 and was commissioned in the army in 1956.<br /><br />During the 1965 Indo-Pak war, Gul was a tank commander.<br /><br />He received training from the Staff college Quetta during 1968-1969. He then served as a battalion commander from 1972 to 1976 following which he was promoted to the rank of brigadier in 1978.<br /><br />In 1980, he was promoted to First Armoured Division Multan Corp's Commander and also served as martial law administrator in Bahawalpur.<br /><br />He was also awarded Hilal e Imtiaz (Military) and Sitarah e Basalat for his services.</p>