Ali Haider Gilani recovered from Afghanistan

KARACHI: Ali Haider Gilani, son of former prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, has been recovered after successful operation in Afghanistan.

In a twitter message, Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has confirmed recovery of Ali Gilani.

Bilawal tweets, “Yousuf Raza Gilani has received a call from Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan and informed him about recovery of Haider Gilani.” 

— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) May 10, 2016

Pakistan foreign office has also confirmed recovery of Ali Gilani.

The Afghan National Security Adviser, Mohammad Hanif Atmar, in a telephone call to the Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, informed that Ali Haider Gilani has been recovered on Tuesday in a joint operation carried out by the Afghan and US security forces in Ghazni.

Ali Haider Gilani's transfer to Pakistan is being arranged following required medical check-up.

Meanwhile, sources said Ali Gilani would be shifted to Afghan capital Kabul from Ghazni where he would be handed over to Pakistani authorities.

Ali Gilani was abducted on May 09 in 2013 from Multan.

Yousuf Gilani, who is Multan along with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi, also spoke to Ali Gilani over the phone.

"My son Ali Haider Gilani told me that he is happy and safe at (an) unknown place," Yousaf Raza Gilani had said after the phone call.

Gilani's recovery comes two months after Shahbaz Taseer, the son of slain former Punjab governor Salman Taseer, was abducted.

Shahbaz Taseer was recovered from Balochistan in March this year, almost five years after he was kidnapped from Lahore on Aug 26, 2011.