KARACHI, Sept 20: A journalist working for a local English daily went missing on Wednesday. Saeed Sarbazi left home in the Old Town in his car in the morning. He neither reached his office nor the press club, the places he usually went, his wife said, adding his mobile phone was switched off.

The family lodged a report at the Eidgah Police station.

City police chief Niaz Siddiqui said that police had been informed about the disappearance of Mr Sarbazi. “We are trying to find him,” he added.

Chief of the Citizen-Police Liaison Committee Sharfuddin Memon said that he had been informed about it and the CPLC was making efforts to locate him.

Meanwhile, Karachi Press Club President Ghazi Salahuddin, Secretary Najeeb Ahmed, members of the governing body and office-bearers of the Karachi Union of Journalists have expressed concern over the mysterious disappearance of Mr Sarbazi and called upon the authorities concerned to ensure his safe and early recovery.