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Kidnapped son of Pakistan’s ex-PM's rescued in Afghanistan
The kidnapped son of Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has been rescued in Afghanistan in a joint Afghan-US special forces operation
10 May 2016, 11:30am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Gilani has been found by a Pakistani-US led search and will be returned after medical tests are done
Ali Haider Gilani is the youngest son of Yusuf Raza Gilani who was prime minister of Pakistan from 2008 until 2012. The boy was seized by gunmen who opened fire on a campaign rally in May 2013, two days before the general election.
Pakistani officials said he would be transferred to Pakistan after undergoing medical checks.
Suspicion over the kidnapping immediately fell on the Pakistani Taliban, which had been openly threatening the governing PPP and other secular parties in Pakistan in the run-up to the election.
