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Kidnapped BBC Urdu service reporter Dilawar Khan Wazir has been released, a day after he went missing in Pakistan. BBC reporter Dilawar Khan Wazir has been released by his captors, a day after being kidnapped in Pakistan.
Mr Khan turned up shaken but unharmed in the BBC office in the capital, Islamabad, on Tuesday evening.Mr Khan turned up shaken but unharmed in the BBC office in the capital, Islamabad, on Tuesday evening.
He was held blindfold and questioned about his sources of information. He did not know who his kidnappers were.He was held blindfold and questioned about his sources of information. He did not know who his kidnappers were.
His disappearance prompted the BBC to write to the Pakistan government, which said it could not confirm whether he was in their custody.His disappearance prompted the BBC to write to the Pakistan government, which said it could not confirm whether he was in their custody.
BBC appeal
Mr Khan said he was seized on Monday afternoon on the outskirts of Islamabad as he was on his way to his home in the town of Dera Ismail Khan in North-West Frontier Province (NWFP).
I am not in a position to confirm whether or not he is in government custody Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Sherpao BBC reporter's brother killed I am not in a position to confirm whether or not he is in government custody Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Sherpao BBC reporter's brother killed
He said about six men abducted him. He did not know why he had been targeted. Mr Khan is one of the few local journalists reporting on the Pakistani army's fight with pro-Taleban militants in the troubled Waziristan region on the Afghan border.
He said he was occasionally kicked and slapped by his abductors, who asked him questions about his reporting in Pakistan's troubled tribal areas near the Afghan border. A number of journalists have gone missing, and some have been killed, after covering stories considered sensitive by the military or the militants.
BBC appeal
Police opened a criminal case against "unknown kidnappers" following Mr Khan's disappearance.
The BBC Urdu service reporter said he was seized on Monday afternoon on the outskirts of Islamabad as he was on his way to his home in the town of Dera Ismail Khan in North-West Frontier Province (NWFP).
Six or seven men snatched him from his taxi, bundled him into another vehicle and blindfolded him. He does not know where he was taken.
He said he was occasionally kicked and slapped by his captors, who asked him questions about his reporting in Pakistan's troubled tribal areas near the Afghan border.
They wanted to know his sources of information.They wanted to know his sources of information.
Mr Khan was then left in a quiet wooded area outside Islamabad on Tuesday evening. He made his way by taxi to the BBC office, about a 25-minute drive away.Mr Khan was then left in a quiet wooded area outside Islamabad on Tuesday evening. He made his way by taxi to the BBC office, about a 25-minute drive away.
Earlier on Tuesday, the head of the BBC World Service had called on the Pakistani government to help locate Mr Khan. Earlier on Tuesday, BBC World Service Director Nigel Chapman had called on the Pakistani government to help locate Mr Khan.
"I am seriously concerned about the whereabouts of our reporter and would request your kind help in tracing him at the earliest," BBC World Service Director Nigel Chapman wrote in a letter to the Pakistani interior ministry. "I am seriously concerned about the whereabouts of our reporter and would request your kind help in tracing him at the earliest," he wrote in a letter to the Pakistani interior ministry.
Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Sherpao told the BBC: "We are looking into the case and so far we are unable to find him.Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Sherpao told the BBC: "We are looking into the case and so far we are unable to find him.
"I am not in a position to confirm whether or not he is in government custody.""I am not in a position to confirm whether or not he is in government custody."
Police had opened a criminal case against "unknown kidnappers".
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Mr Khan had been in the capital visiting his brother, Zulfiqar Ali, who is a student in the city. Mr Khan had been in the capital visiting his brother, Zulfiqar Ali.
Fears for Mr Khan's safety were raised on Monday when his mobile phone was answered by someone saying he was seriously hurt in hospital. There was no sign of him when the BBC checked. Fears were raised on Monday when his mobile phone was answered by someone saying he was seriously hurt in hospital. There was no sign of him when the BBC checked.
Pakistan's record on press safety is poor and Mr Khan has received threats. In August his younger brother, Taimur, 15, was killed. Pakistan's record on press safety is poor and Mr Khan has received threats in the past.
It is not clear if that attack was linked to Mr Khan's work as a journalist. In August his 15-year-old brother, Taimur, was killed, although it is not confirmed that the attack was linked to Mr Khan's work. The family say they have no personal or tribal enemies.
He is one of the few local journalists reporting on the Pakistani army's fight with pro-Taleban militants in the troubled Waziristan region on the Afghan border. The journalist and his family have been targeted on a number of other occasions - it is not clear by whom.
A number of journalists have gone missing, and some have been killed, after covering stories considered sensitive by the military or the militants. In February 2005 two journalists in the same car as Mr Khan were killed when shots were fired at their vehicle in the town of Wana in South Waziristan. He was unhurt.
Mr Khan and his family have been targeted on a number of other occasions - it is not clear by whom. They had been reporting on the signing of a peace agreement between the authorities and tribal fighters.
Mr Khan left his home in Wana last year and moved to Dera Ismail Khan after receiving threats from the militants.