KARACHI, April 27: Eric Johnson, the physiotherapist of the Pakistan cricket team, on Wednesday appealed to President Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and PCB chief Shaharyar M. Khan to take notice of an incident of robbery in his house.

He said that armed people had deprived his family of $8,000, Rs400,000 and jewellery worth Rs100,000 after holding them hostage on Monday.

Eric said the incident took place when he was entering his house after returning from Islamabad where he had gone to attend Sunday’s reception hosted by the prime minister in honour of the national cricket team.

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