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Abducted BBC journalist in Pakistan released "unharmed but in shock"
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BBC Urdu Service reporter Dilawar Khan Wazir, who was abducted in mysterious
circumstances on Monday, appeared at the BBC's Islamabad office on Tuesday evening.
The BBC said: "We are extremely pleased at his safe return but we remain deeply
concerned about the entire incident. He is unharmed but in a state of shock."
The BBC also said: "We would also like to request that journalists do not to try
and call Dilawar till he has had time to recover from his ordeal."
The BBC had earlier today expressed "serious concern" over the sudden disappearance
of Dilawar Khan Wazir in Pakistan and called on the Pakistan government to help
locate the missing journalist.
BBC World Service Press Office
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