News just out Pakistani diplomat has gone missing in Iraq
Pak Diplomat kidnapped in Iraq..
Problems..and more problems..it must be a terrible event for the family.
Pakistan Embassy Official Abducted in Iraq
reuters
By Lutfi Abu-Oun
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A militant group claimed on Sunday to have kidnapped a Pakistani working in the country’s embassy in Baghdad, officials in Pakistan said, confirming the latest abduction of a foreigner in Iraq’s lawless capital.
“Persons claiming to be members of Omar bin Khattab group have apparently kidnapped the official,” said a Pakistani Foreign Ministry statement released in Islamabad.
The official, Malik Mohammad Javed, went missing after prayers on Saturday in Baghdad.
“Malik Javed has contacted our charge d’affaires in Baghdad informing that he is safe,” the statement added.
Omar bin Khattab group has not previously been heard of or been mentioned as one of the militant organizations engaged in the kidnapping business in Iraq.
An embassy official and Iraqi police identified Javed as the Pakistani consul, but Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said he was an embassy staff member, not a diplomat.
Putting a stop to rampant kidnapping is one of the major security challenges facing Iraq’s post-election government.
Insurgent groups and criminal gangs have abducted scores of foreigners in Iraq seeking to pressure foreign troops to leave or to earn ransom. Hundreds of Iraqis have also been kidnapped.
Pakistan, a key U.S. ally in its war on terror, did not back the invasion of Iraq.
Last year militants killed two Pakistani hostages after demanding that their employer, which did work for a U.S. company, halt operations in Iraq.
Re: Pak Diplomat kidnapped in Iraq..
He went to pray and they abducted him…these people are pure evil.
Re: Pak Diplomat kidnapped in Iraq..
God help this man...