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09/09/2010
British Journalist Freed In Pakistan
A British journalist who was captured by militants in Pakistan in March has been released, it has been confirmed.
Asad Qureshi was abducted in the region of North Waziristan on March 26, while working for an independent production company commissioned by Channel 4 to make a documentary on militancy in Pakistan.
Mr Qureshi reportedly had been travelling to interview Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud when he was captured. He had been travelling with two former Pakistani intelligence officers, one of whom, Khalid Khawaja, was later found dead.
The British High Commission in islamabad has confirmed Mr Qureshi's release.
(KMcA/GK)
Asad Qureshi was abducted in the region of North Waziristan on March 26, while working for an independent production company commissioned by Channel 4 to make a documentary on militancy in Pakistan.
Mr Qureshi reportedly had been travelling to interview Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud when he was captured. He had been travelling with two former Pakistani intelligence officers, one of whom, Khalid Khawaja, was later found dead.
The British High Commission in islamabad has confirmed Mr Qureshi's release.
(KMcA/GK)
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