Islamabad/Karachi,
Oct 21: A 26-year-old Pakistani woman journalist Zeenat Shahzadi, who was
allegedly kidnapped while pursuing the case of an Indian engineer two years ago
has been rescued, local media reports said here. Ms Shahzadi had filed an
application with Pakistan's Supreme Court's Human Rights Cell on behalf of
Fauzia Ansari, the mother of Indian national and a Mumbai resident Hamid Ansari.
Ms Shahzadi, a journalist with daily 'Nai Khaber' reportedly had gone went
missing on August 19, 2015, when some unidentified men allegedly kidnapped her
from a locality of Lahore. She is said to have been working on the case of
Indian citizen Hamid Ansari. Reports further said Mr Ansari went missing in
Pakistan in November 2012. "Zeenat Shahzadi today has been reunited with
her family in Lahore and we are happy for her safe recovery. I am thrilled that
she is home safe," rights activist Beena Sarwar said. Ansari was sentenced
to three years' imprisonment by a military court on charges of illegally
entering Pakistan. He is still in jail. The rights activists in Pakistan,
reports said, have demanded release of Ansari stating he has already served his
sentence. UNI
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