Pakistani citizen ‘abducted’ in Iran, family demanded ransom

KARACHI: A Pakistani citizen namely Muhammad Khalil has allegedly been abducted by unidentified men in Iran’s capital Tehran during a business visit.

A Pakistani citizen, Muhammad Khalil, was allegedly abducted by unidentified men during a business visit to Tehran and the abductors demanded $3,000 from the family to release him.

The abducted man’s son, Adeel told the media that his father went to Iran for business purposes. He detailed that his father is 60 years old and being subjected to torture by the abductors. “Abductors – who are talking in Farsi language – are demanding $3,000 ransom to release my father.”

“My father was abducted by a taxi driver. The abductors’ gang comprising of three to four people who are subjecting my father to torture. My father runs a business of used cameras and he used to visit Iran and Turkey.”

He said that the family wrote a letter to the Foreign Office (FO) and the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation to recover Muhammad Khalil after his abduction in Iran.

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