Ex-Pakistan intelligence chief dies A former chief of Pakistan's powerful military intelligence, Hamid Gul, has died at the age of 79.General Gul led the Inter-Services intelligence (ISI) from 1987 to 1989.One of the most outspoken military leaders of his generation in Pakistan, Gen Gul was k**wn for his hardline Islamist views against the US and India.The retired general died of a brain haemorrhage in the town of Murree, **rth-east of Islamabad.