Pakistani journalist, supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan goes missing, second in 2 weeks

Islamabad, 25/5:A prominent Pakistani television journalist known for his public support of former Prime Minister Imran Khan has gone missing, the police, his family and his employer said.

 

 

Sami Abrahim’s disappearance was first announced in a police tweet late Wednesday, hours after he went missing. His family and the Karachi-based independent BOL television, where Abrahim works, claimed on Thursday that he had been abducted.

 

Abrahim has long publicly opposed the government of Khan’s successor, Premier Shahbaz Sharif.

 

Khan, a former cricket star turned Islamist politician, was in office in 2018-2022 and was ousted in a no-confidence vote in the parliament last year