Akbar made the announcement in a post on X, saying he was ‘happy and relieved’ that his brother’s ‘illegal’ captivity had ended.

“I am indebted for support and help given during this time from family, friends n supporters in Pakistan but especially to a number of members of Parliament in UK, my local MP, civil society, journalists, lawyers and human rights orgs… “ he wrote.

Murad Akbar had been ‘picked up’ from his house in Islamabad on May 28. A FIR for the incident had said that as many as 30 men in police and rangers uniforms had barged into his house to take him away.

However, the case in Islamabad High Court had found the police and rangers denying responsibility for the incident.

“It is a matter of shame if so many people roam around in CTD and ranger uniforms,” Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani had remarked. He had also chided Islamabad’s DIG operations over lack of help from Safe City cameras.