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Matiullah Jan found in Margalla Police station after ‘abduction’ from Islamabad

Another journalist, Saqib Bashir, was also abducted but later released

Senior journalist and prominent anchor Hamid Mir has claimed that senior journalist Matiullah Jan has been abducted from islamabad. However, later reports said that Jan was found at the Margalla Police Station in Islamabad.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter) Thursday morning, Mir claimed that Matiullah Jan and another journalist, Saqib Bashir, were abducted by unidentified individuals on the night of November 26.

While Saqib Bashir was later released, Matiullah Jan remains missing.

According to Mir, Bashir is filing a petition with the Islamabad High Court regarding the incident.

Another journalist, Roohan Ahmad, said that Jan was abducted outside PIMS hospital.

It is noteworthy that Matiullah Jan previously shared a video on social media showing a Rangers official being run over by a vehicle in Islamabad. Jan claimed the Rangers official was struck by his own vehicle. However, several Rangers officials later stated that a speeding vehicle driven by protesters ran over their colleague.

Jan had also claimed that PIMS officials were being pressured not to report casualties in the operation against the PTI protest.

A post from journalist Arifa Noor at 9:12 said that Jan was revealed to be at Margalla Police Station in Islamabad and journalists were heading over to meet him.

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Matiullah Jan

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