MARDAN: Father of a Pakistani, who has allegedly been abducted by Turkish extremists a month ago, on Monday appealed to the government to help him in safe recovery of his son from the captivity of his abductors.

Talking to Dawn, Imtiaz Khan alias Imtiazu said Ishfaq Ahmad, 20, had gone to Turkey three and half years ago for earning livelihood.

However, he said his son had been kidnapped by

the alleged Turkish kidnappers on Dec 12, last year.

On Dec 15, he said, he was informed by the kidnappers through a phone call from Turkey that his son was in their custody.

Similarly, Imtiaz said the kidnappers demanded Rs5 million US dollars as ransom when they made the third phone call on Dec 19.

He also said that another youth hailing from Peshawar had also been kidnapped along with his son.

He said both Ishfaq Ahmad and his friend had been taken away by their captors from Istanbul.

Imtiaz said he was poor man and could not pay the ransom demanded by his son’s kidnappers for his release.

He appealed to the provincial and federal governments to help him in safe recovery of his son.

Published in Dawn January 3rd, 2017

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