Ali Gilani was kidnapped on May 2, 2013 during an election rally in his hometown Multan. At the time of his abduction, in which his secretary and bodyguard were killed, a caretaker setup was in place to supervise the 2013 elections.
US-Afghan forces recover Ali Haider Gilani after three years
Soon after the news broke, people took to Twitter storm to express joy and excitement over the former prime minister's son release:
https://twitter.com/ShahbazTaseer/status/729952450195693568
fav triplets to be reunited again inshAllah #NotDreaming #GodisGreat #Alhamdulilah https://t.co/aOTVlds7LL
— Bakhtawar B-Zardari (@BakhtawarBZ) May 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/shehrbanotaseer/status/729942608819175424
Immense pleasure of hearing News about Ex PM @YR_Gillani SON @haidergilani has been recovered From Afghanistan Congratulation whole family
— Senator Allama Raja Nasir (@AllamaRajaNasir) May 10, 2016
Recovery of #AliHaiderGillani is a victory of Pakistan's War Against Terrorism. I Personally Congratulate The Family of #YRGillani.
— Arif Hameed Bhatti (@arifhameed15) May 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/HNadim87/status/729951159146909696
#Pakistan ex-PM #YousafRazaGillani's kidnapped son #AliHaiderGillani rescued in an operation by AfghanSpecialForces in #Ghazni. #Afghanistan
— Habibies (@Habibies) May 10, 2016
Former PM Gillani's son recovered from Afghanistan after 3 years. #AliHaiderGillani
— Belal Baig (@belalbaig2) May 10, 2016
Congratulations, Gilani family and Pakistan! Thank you, Afghanistan and USA who did joint ops for our son https://t.co/uAkcqSEnpp
— Gul Bukhari (@GulBukhari) May 10, 2016
Atlast our prayers r accepted...#AliHaiderGillani z recoverd.
— 🇵🇰 eNgR_wAsIf➶ ⚔️🇱🇾 (@proudjiyala) May 10, 2016
Congrats to brother @KasimGillani n Gillani Family
Forces shifting #AliHaider to #Kabul now.#AliHaiderGillani #Afghanistan #Pakistan @YR_Gillani @AsadKharal
— Zain Ali (@Zain_Journalist) May 10, 2016
#AliHaiderGillani recovered earlier, News is being released now.sources confirms #PPP #Afghanistan #Pakistan @YR_Gillani
— Zain Ali (@Zain_Journalist) May 10, 2016
#JiyeBhutto #PPP #Pakistan #ShabazTaseer and #AliHaiderGillani ki bazyabi taliban ki shikast hain. #PPP #JiyeBhutto @BakhtawarBZ
— Muhammad Iqbal (@MIqbalRW) May 10, 2016
#AliHaiderGillani Recovered in afghanistan, Ministry of Foreign affairs Pak pic.twitter.com/HDyb49Npu6
— Amjad Alam Khan (@amjadalamk) May 10, 2016
Good news #AliHaiderGillani
— ayesha (@ayeshseyal) May 10, 2016
#AliHaiderGillani recovered. @BakhtawarBZ @AseefaBZ @ZAIDAZIZpk #Karachi #Pakistan. #ThanksGod
— Asef Waheed (@asefwaheed) May 10, 2016
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