Karachi: The kidnapped son of the Chief Justice of Sindh High Court was rescued from the clutches of Pakistani Taliban by the military in an early morning raid in the restive northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the third high-profile abduction case to be solved in recent months.
Awais Ali Shah, a lawyer himself, was abducted last month from Karachi. He was found in Tank, which lies close to the tribal region bordering Afghanistan where the military has been battling Taliban.
Three militants were killed during the operation.
“Awais Shah, son of Sindh High Court Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, recovered through an IBO from custody of terrorists from near Tank, three terrorists killed,” Director-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa tweeted.
Shah, who is in his late 20s, was reunited with his family around 9:30am. “I got a call from General Raheel Sharif at 3:00am informing me my son has been rescued,” Sajjad Ali Shah said while addressing the media after being reunited with his son.
“A Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) splinter group was behind Awais Ali Shah’s kidnapping. The group were in touch with us and did communicate with us but cannot say anything further due to security reasons,” Bajwa said.
Masked men kidnapped Shah from outside a supermarket in Karachi on June 20. It was feared that he could be used as a bargaining chip in negotiations to free imprisoned militants.
Shah’s recovery comes months after sons of two high profile politicians returned home after spending years in captivity.
(Sourced from agencies, Feature image courtesy:sahussain-akbar.blogspot.com)
