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KARACHI – Masked men took away a reporter with Jang newspaper from his home on Saturday morning.
Dawn.com quoting journalist Matloob Husain Mosavi’s family said that about two dozen men scaled the walls of their home before taking him with them.
The incident in Salman Farsi Society occurred at 4:00 am.
The reporter’s brother Minhaj Mosavi said the family members were locked up in a room, and the abductors misbehaved with them.
The men came in a Toyota Vigo, Toyota Prado, and three police vehicles, Dawn reported.
Photo: Dawn.com
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