Missing TV anchorperson Imran Riaz safely returns home after five months

By: News Desk
Published: 07:19 PM, 25 Sep, 2023
Missing TV anchorperson Imran Riaz safely returns home after five months
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Television anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan, who had been missing for about five months, has been recovered and reunited with his family, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

In a statement early Monday, Sialkot District Police Officer Hassan Iqbal said Imran Riaz has been recovered safely has reached him home.

Imran Riaz was arrested on May 11 from the Sialkot Airport under 3MPO after the May 9 protests that broke out throughout the country following PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest from Islamabad High Court.

Imran Riaz left in a private car after his release from the district jail on May 12. The Lahore High Court (LHC) was informed on May 15 that the TV anchorperson was released from prison after taking an undertaking in writing.

After remaining missing for a long time, the Punjab inspector general of police was given "one last opportunity" by the LHC on September 20 to recover Imran Riaz by September 26.

In a post loaded on X, formerly known as Twitter, the Sialkot police said: "Journalist/anchor Mr Imran Riaz Khan has been safely recovered. He is now with his family."

Imran Riaz's lawyer Mian Ali Ashfaq, also in his post on X, wrote: "By God's special blessing, grace and mercy, I have brought back my prince."

He said: "It took a lot of time due to the pile of difficulties, the last limit of understanding of the matter, a weak judiciary and the current ineffective public constitution and legal helplessness."

The lawyer further wrote: "Despite the unspeakable circumstances, Allah Almighty showed us this best day. Only limitless gratitude right now."

Imran Riaz was last known to be taken to Cantt police station after his arrest and later to the Sialkot prison. On May 15, a law officer had told the LHC that the anchorperson was released from jail after taking an undertaking in writing. His whereabouts however remained unknown.

Subsequently, a first information report (FIR) of Imran Riaz’s alleged abduction was registered with Sialkot Civil Lines police on May 16 on the complaint of the anchorperson’s father, Muhammad Riaz.

The FIR was registered against “unidentified persons” and police officials for allegedly kidnapping Imran Riaz, invoking Section 365 (kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

The journalist’s father had also filed a plea in the LHC for his recovery.

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