New ISI chief relative of Bollywood King Shahrukh Khan

Islamabad: Lt Gen Zahir-ul-Islam, Pakistan’s newly appointed ISI head, is the nephew of Indian National Army hero Shah Nawaz Khan and through him, shares a link with Indian film star Shahrukh Khan, India media reported on Saturday. According to repot,  Islam’s father served as a brigadier in the Pakistan Army and Shah Nawaz Khan, who was a major general in the INA, was his uncle, Press Trust of India (PTI) quoted Pakistani defence analyst Ikram Sehgal as saying.

“One son of Shah Nawaz Khan went with him at the time of Partition, while another, Mahmood Nawaz, stayed on in Pakistan and became a full colonel. In fact, Mahmood Nawaz went and met his father only after retirement as he could not travel to India while he was in service,” Sehgal told the PTI.

Reports said that Shahrukh Khan’s late mother Lateef Fatima was the adopted daughter of Shah Nawaz Khan, according to the Bollywood star’s biography on several websites.