- Imran Riaz Khan, a journalist from Pakistan who has been missing for more than four months, has come home to Sialkot. Khan, a former TV newscaster with more than three million YouTube subscribers, was detained at the Sialkot airport in May while he was his route to Oman.
- Khan, an outspoken ally of imprisoned former PM Imran Khan, has stated his wish to leave the nation so that he may continue to talk. Usman Riaz Khan, Khan’s younger brother, verified that Khan had been found safely and was currently with his family.
- The journalist was found somewhere, but the Sialkot police have not disclosed that information.
- Two days after fatal rioting broke out across Pakistan in protest of Khan’s detention on corruption accusations, Khan was finally apprehended.
- The journalist was released within 24 hours, the police said before a Lahore court four days after the journalist’s arrest. However, he was nowhere to be found, and the police denied holding him.
- No one took credit for Khan’s abduction, but many thought the nation’s potent army-controlled security services had kidnapped him. The Lahore High Court was contacted by Khan’s family to ask for assistance in locating him, and the court gave the police a “last warning” to find the missing journalist by Tuesday.
- Pakistan ranks 150th in the 2023 World Press Freedom Index because of its patchy performance with regard to media freedom and journalistic safety.
Source:
Al Jazeera
