Kidnapped judge reaches home after being recovered in Pakistan

Shakirullah Marwat, the district and sessions judge of South Waziristan, who had appealed to the government and judiciary to accept the demands of his abductors after being kidnapped a day earlier, was recovered late Sunday night, Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD)

The Dera Ismail Khan CTD said the abductee reached home safely after being recovered ‘unconditionally’. Information Adviser to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif later also confirmed the judge’s safe



recovery.

In a video statement sent from an unknown location, Mr Marwat earlier stated: “Taliban brought me here. It is a jungle and a war is going on.”

In the minute-long message, the sessions judge said his release was only possible if the militants’ dema­nds were accepted. “I request the federal and provincial governments, chief justices of Peshawar High Court and Supreme Court of Pakistan to make sure the Taliban’s demands are accepted and my recovery is made sure as soon as possible,” he said.