Pakistan
Imran Khan’s missing lawyer Intezar Panjutha recovered
Panjutha was kidnaped from Islamabad on October 8
Attock: Punjab police on Saturday night claimed to have recovered PTI focal person advocate Intazar Hussain Panjutha after an encounter with his kidnappers.
Intazar Hussain Panjutha was kidnaped from Islamabad on October 8. Soon after his recovery, Panjutha, revealed that he was abducted from Islamabad for Rs20 million ransom, adding he was severely tortured by the kidnappers.
According to a police spokesperson, the vehicle was carrying a gang of kidnappers who had abducted an individual. “Upon being intercepted, the kidnappers opened indiscriminate fire at the police, who retaliated to their firing, forcing them to retreat,” said the police spokesperson, adding that the kidnappers fled the scene, abandoning the vehicle and the abducted individual.
The police managed to safely take the abductee who was identified as the PTI founder's counsel, into custody, confirmed the spokesperson.
Panjutha had been abducted since 8 October. A case regarding his disappearance has been pending before the Islamabad High Court.
Panjutha was shifted to a hospital. He further said that the abductors communicated in Pashto, leaving him unable to understand their discussions.
A day earlier, Chief Justice of the IHC Justice Aamer Farooq heard the case, in which the Attorney General of Pakistan, Mansoor Usman Awan informed the court that efforts are under way to recover the PTI's lawyer within 24 hours.