Islamabad:
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's public relations officer has acknowledged that terror suspect David Headley is his half brother.
The PRO says his father divorced Headley's American mother in the late 60s after which she went back to the US.
But the PRO clarifies that reports suggesting Headley has links with PM Gilani are "totally baseless".
He adds that Headley is married to a Pakistani and has four children.
The PRO also said he last met Headley when he visited Pakistan, a few days after their father died last year.
PTI adds:
Public relations officer Danyal Gilani said in a statement that Indian media reports "trying to establish a relationship between Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and the family of detained US terror suspect and my half-brother, Daood Gilani alias David Coleman Headley, is "incorrect, misplaced and totally baseless".
The report is based on speculation and is intended to create "unnecessary hype", Danyal Gilani said. He said his ancestors migrated to Pakistan from Jastarwal in India's Punjab state and Etawah in Uttar Pradesh while the premier's family has been living in Multan "for centuries" and the two families "have no relationship with each other".
Danyal Gilani also acknowledged that the Prime Minister had issued a condolence message on his father Syed Saleem Gilani's death in December last year and visited his house to offer condolences.
"This he did out of courtesy because I was working as his PRO and also because my father was a renowned broadcaster and a known personality of his time. At that time Daood (Gilani) was not in Pakistan," he said.
Full text: Clarification from Gilani's PRO
The PRO says his father divorced Headley's American mother in the late 60s after which she went back to the US.
But the PRO clarifies that reports suggesting Headley has links with PM Gilani are "totally baseless".
He adds that Headley is married to a Pakistani and has four children.
The PRO also said he last met Headley when he visited Pakistan, a few days after their father died last year.
PTI adds:
Public relations officer Danyal Gilani said in a statement that Indian media reports "trying to establish a relationship between Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and the family of detained US terror suspect and my half-brother, Daood Gilani alias David Coleman Headley, is "incorrect, misplaced and totally baseless".
The report is based on speculation and is intended to create "unnecessary hype", Danyal Gilani said. He said his ancestors migrated to Pakistan from Jastarwal in India's Punjab state and Etawah in Uttar Pradesh while the premier's family has been living in Multan "for centuries" and the two families "have no relationship with each other".
Danyal Gilani also acknowledged that the Prime Minister had issued a condolence message on his father Syed Saleem Gilani's death in December last year and visited his house to offer condolences.
"This he did out of courtesy because I was working as his PRO and also because my father was a renowned broadcaster and a known personality of his time. At that time Daood (Gilani) was not in Pakistan," he said.
Full text: Clarification from Gilani's PRO
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