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ââ¬ËPak intelligence agents abduct BBC journalistââ¬â¢
Islamabad: A British Broadcasting Corporation journalist went missing on Monday after visiting the Pakistani capital, the BBC said, and his brother feared intelligence agents may have kidnapped him.
Dilawar Khan Wazir, a reporter in his 30s for the BBCââ¬â¢s Urdu-language service, went missing after leaving Islamabad for Dera Ismail Khan, the city where he lived, in the North West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan, the BBC said on its Urdu-language news website.
It was not immediately clear what may have happened to Wazir, whose 15-year-old brother was kidnapped and shot dead in August in northwestern Pakistanââ¬â¢s tribal areas.
Numerous Pakistan journalists have also vanished and been killed after apparently covering topics sensitive to the government and pro-Taliban militants.
Another of Wazirââ¬â¢s brothers, Zulfikar Ali, said the journalist had been with him at his university hostel in Islamabad on Monday before leaving to Dera Ismail Khan.
Sometime later, a man identifying himself as a doctor from the state-run Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences telephoned Ali claiming Wazir had been injured in an accident and asked him to go to the hospital, BBC reported.
Men in two jeeps later arrived at the hostel asking for Ali to come to the hospital, he said.
Wary of the men, the brother sent a friend to talk with them, who claimed they appeared to be undercover agents. A BBC correspondent visited the hospital but Wazir was not there, said Mohammed Hanif, Londonbased head of the broadcasterââ¬â¢s Urdu section. AP
Islamabad: A British Broadcasting Corporation journalist went missing on Monday after visiting the Pakistani capital, the BBC said, and his brother feared intelligence agents may have kidnapped him.
Dilawar Khan Wazir, a reporter in his 30s for the BBCââ¬â¢s Urdu-language service, went missing after leaving Islamabad for Dera Ismail Khan, the city where he lived, in the North West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan, the BBC said on its Urdu-language news website.
It was not immediately clear what may have happened to Wazir, whose 15-year-old brother was kidnapped and shot dead in August in northwestern Pakistanââ¬â¢s tribal areas.
Numerous Pakistan journalists have also vanished and been killed after apparently covering topics sensitive to the government and pro-Taliban militants.
Another of Wazirââ¬â¢s brothers, Zulfikar Ali, said the journalist had been with him at his university hostel in Islamabad on Monday before leaving to Dera Ismail Khan.
Sometime later, a man identifying himself as a doctor from the state-run Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences telephoned Ali claiming Wazir had been injured in an accident and asked him to go to the hospital, BBC reported.
Men in two jeeps later arrived at the hostel asking for Ali to come to the hospital, he said.
Wary of the men, the brother sent a friend to talk with them, who claimed they appeared to be undercover agents. A BBC correspondent visited the hospital but Wazir was not there, said Mohammed Hanif, Londonbased head of the broadcasterââ¬â¢s Urdu section. AP
