Ex-spy chief tied to militants dead at 79

Tributes for Pakistan's late former military spy chief Lieutenant General Hamid Gul poured in on Sunday, words bound to infuriate Pakistan's neighbors after he spent a career promoting Islamic militancy in Afghanistan and India.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif "has expressed his heartfelt condolences over the sad demise of ... Hamid Gul," the ruling party's media office said on Twitter. "The prime minister prayed eternal peace for the departed soul and said that may God bless the deceased."

Legislator Arif Alvi tweeted that Gul had died on Saturday night of a brain hemorrhage at age 79. He called him "a great man".