Representing Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, he also served speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly from 2013 to 2015 and was advisor to the then chief minister Omar Abdullah.
[2] Gul was from Habakadal, Srinagar district, Jammu and Kashmir.
Gul started his political career as a councillor in 1976 and was also the president of Rural Development Society, Jammu and Kashmir Youth Federation, in addition to serving as the president of youth wing of National Conference.
He contested his last election in 2014 assembly polls and won from Eidgah constituency.
[5][6] On 28 February 2013, Gul replaced Akbar Lone as the speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, as Lone was taken into the cabinet by CM Omar Abdullah.