PROMINENT PAKISTANI TV JOURNALIST ABDUCTED LAST WEEK FREED

Tue 30 May 2023:

A renowned Pakistani television journalist who went missing last week, reportedly due to his vocal support for former Prime Minister Imran Khan, has returned home after being released by his captors, according to his family and employer.

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Ali Raza, Sami Abrahim’s brother, confirmed his release on Twitter early Tuesday. In a news announcement, BOL TV also announced his release.

“Thankful to God,” he tweeted this morning in Urdu after his release.

Abrahim went missing on Thursday when eight people in four vehicles intercepted his car on his way back home from work in the capital, Islamabad, and took him away, according to his family and BOL TV where Abrahim works.

No one had claimed responsibility for Abrahim’s abduction, but it is widely believed that he was being held by the country’s security agencies, which are notorious for abducting, harassing and torturing journalists.

Abrahim has long publicly opposed the government of Khan’s successor, Premier Shehbaz Sharif.

Khan, a former cricketer, was ousted from power in a no-confidence vote in parliament last year.

Imran Riaz, another pro-Khan TV journalist, went missing earlier this month and has yet to be found.

Later Tuesday, a court in Lahore will hear a plea over his disappearance.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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