The first picture of journalist Imran Riaz Khan has been released after he was recovered after missing for more than five months.
His lawyer Mian Ashfaq Ali shared a picture embracing the journalist seen in a grey beard and scruffy hair wearing a red-coloured polo shirt.
اسکا مجھ پر ھمیشہ کے لئے حق اور میرے حصے کی ذمہ داریاں ختم نہ ھوں گی-
اسکے ساتھ تھا، ھوں اور رھتی دنیا تک رھوں گا- انشاء اللہ
آپ سب بھی شہزادے کو دیکھ لیں-
اللہ کریم ھے- اللہ رحیم ھے- اللہ بے نیاز ھے-
پاکستان زندہ باد- ???????? pic.twitter.com/fRJXdUKJkm
— Mian Ali Ashfaq (@MianAliAshfaq) September 25, 2023
PTI leader Farrukh Habib congratulated Mian Ashfaq for his role in securing the release of Imran Riaz. Other journalists including Jameel Farooqui also hailed his release.
@MianAliAshfaq آپ نے عمران ریاض کی بازیابی اہم کردار ادا کیا۔ الحمداللہ قوم کا بہادر بیٹا عمران ریاض آج اپنے خاندان کیساتھ موجود ہے۔ pic.twitter.com/uNELRIY5We
— Farrukh Habib (@FarrukhHabibISF) September 25, 2023
US-based Pakistan journalist Moeed Pirzada also thanked Mian Ashaq for his services.
“Congratulations to Imran Riaz, his wife, children & parents and Ali Ashfaq! Thanks are due to Chief Justice Lahore High Court, who kept persisting -despite knowing the reality!”
“We are all glad that sanity prevailed! Now it’s important to release others, beginning with the ladies in Lahore: Sanam Javed, Khadijah Shah, Dr. Yasmin Rashid and all others! Let’s move towards a solution and heal this nation!”
Imran Riaz returns
Prominent journalist Anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan has returned home safely after being missing for nearly five months.
Sialkot District Police Officer (DPO) Hassan Iqbal and Riaz’s lawyer, Mian Ali Ashfaq, confirmed the journalist’s return. Punjab Inspector General (IG) Dr Usman Anwar has confirmed the development.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the Sialkot police said, “Journalist/anchor Mr Imran Riaz Khan has been safely recovered. He is now with his family.”
Meanwhile, his lawyer Ashfaq, also in a post on X said, “By God’s special blessing, grace, and mercy, I have brought back my prince”.
“It took a lot of time due to the pile of difficulties, the last limit of understanding of the matter, a weak judiciary, and the current ineffective public constitution and legal helplessness,” he said.
The lawyer added, “Despite the unspeakable circumstances, Allah Almighty showed us this best day. Only limitless gratitude right now.”
