Pakistani journalist who supported jailed ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan is freed

26/9/2023 6:20

        A prominent Pakistani television journalist who went missing more than four months ago after being arrested by police returned home Monday after being freed.
        
        It is widely believed that Imran Riaz Khan, known for publicly supporting jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, was being held by security agencies.
        
        The two men are not related.
        
        Imran Riaz Khan was arrested at an airport in Sialkot city in Punjab province in May as he tried to leave the country after sharing a video message saying that the space for him to do his job was shrinking in Pakistan and he was leaving so he could continue his professional work.
        
        He went missing after his arrest, and since then his family had been trying to determine his whereabouts.
        
        Security agencies are notorious for holding people without producing them before the courts as required by law. Police in Sialkot announced Monday on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he had been "safely recovered" and was "now with his family."