Arsalan Khan, a social media activist from Karachi, has reportedly gone missing from the city’s Clifton area. His friends claim that he was picked up by law enforcement agencies.
However, South Senior Superintendent of Police Asad Raza denied any connection to the alleged abduction. They told don.com That the police had not taken the worker into custody. The officer said that his family has not yet approached the police to file a complaint.
Arslan Khan Residence is located in Clifton, which falls under District South Jurisdiction.
Arslan – known as AK-47 on Twitter – has worked as a reporter for various broadcasters in the past, including geo news, He has also been active on Twitter and is currently associated with a civil society organization named Karachi Bachao Tehreek.
Amnesty International South Asia also issued a statement expressing concern over his alleged disappearance. We are deeply concerned about the abduction of journalist Arslan Khan from his home in Karachi at 4 am today. Pakistan must end this abhorrent practice of punishing dissent by separating people from their loved ones,” the statement said.
It noted that the newly-appointed Inter-Ministerial Committee on Missing Persons should note the “disconnect between what they are saying and the tussle between what is actually happening on the ground”.
Amnesty International is deeply concerned about the abduction of journalist Arsalan Khan (@AK_Forty7) from his home in Karachi today at 4:00 am. Pakistan must end this abhorrent practice of punishing dissent by wrenching people away from their loved ones. Meanwhile, the Karachi Bachao Tehreek (KBT) – a coalition of several political and civil society organizations – also expressed concern over what they called the “kidnapping” of its worker and on Friday evening announced a protest against his disappearance.
Senior journalist Hamid Mir also condemned the alleged disappearance of the social media activist, asking whether Arsalan had initiated a trend against any state institution.
KBT convener Khurram Nair told don.com That Arslan was a volunteer. They claimed that some personnel of law enforcement agencies allegedly took the worker away from his apartment in Clifton in the early hours of Friday.
Nair alleged that the worker’s family also experienced an “unpleasant attitude”, claiming that the wife was told by the men who took Arslan that her husband “talks a lot”.
According to KBT representatives, the whereabouts of the worker are yet to be ascertained. He said those who snatched Arslan also allegedly took away his laptop and cell phone.
