WARSAW A Polish engineer kidnapped in Pakistan by suspected Taliban militants is still alive according to new information received by the Polish foreign ministry, a spokesperson said Friday.

We have new information that confirms nearly 100 percent that the Polish engineer kidnapped in Pakistan is alive, Foreign Ministry spokesman Piotr Paszkowski said Friday.

He declined to provide further details citing security concerns, AFP reported.

Kidnapped Polish engineer Piotr Stanczak last appeared in a video address released by his captors on October 14 in which he urged the release of jailed Taliban fighters. He was kidnapeed on September 28.

Im in the hands of the Pakistani Taliban... I demand that all those watching and listening to me, including Poles, put pressure on the (Pakistani) government to free those (Taliban) who are jailed. In this way, I will also be freed, Stanczak said in a video received by Pakistan media outlets.

Stanczak appeared in traditional Pakistani dress sitting on a carpet in front of a stone wall. He spoke in a calm voice into a microphone with the barrels of two rifles pointed at him.

Family and friends confirmed the person who appeared in the video was indeed Stanczak. He said his captors were treating him well.

Stanczaks kidnapping came one week after the bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad which left at least 60 people dead, heightening concerns about instability in Pakistan, a key ally in the US war on terror. Stanczak works for the Krakow-based Geofizyka oil and gas exploration company.

He was kidnapped by armed men during an assault in the Attock region, some 110 kilometres (70 miles) west of the Pakistani capital Islamabad.