Islamabad (PTI): The US is believed to be planning to send the names of at least four Pakistanis, including former ISI chief Hamid Gul, and Pakistan-based groups to the UN Security Council for imposing sanctions against them for alleged links to terrorist activities.

US State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood told a briefing in Washington on Friday that details of the list of names to be submitted to the Security Council would be revealed when the document is sent to the UN.

Sources privy to the development told PTI that the names of Lt Gen Gul, who served as chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence during 1987-89, Lt Gen Javed Nasir, who was ISI chief during 1992-93, Maj Gen Zahirul Islam Abbasi and a former army chief were believed to be on the list.

Asked to confirm if the US had already sent the names of some Pakistani individuals, including several retired ISI officials, to the Security Council for addition to the UN terrorist sanctions list, State Department spokesman Wood said: "I'm not going to comment on names that we may or may not submit to the UN. "It wouldn't be appropriate for me to do (so) at this point."

There has been no official word from the Pakistan government on this issue.

Recent media reports in Pakistan have suggested that Gul and at least three other former officials of the powerful spy agency could be put on the list of terrorist sanctions. Gul played a key role in assisting mujahideen groups that fought against Soviet forces which had occupied Afghanistan and in instigating the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir. He continues to be a vocal supporter of jehadi groups.