A Chinese national, abducted last year from Pakistan's restive northwest tribal region, has been rescued by intelligence agencies, it was announced today.
The unidentified Chinese, believed to be a cyclist, was kidnapped in May last year from Daraban in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa near the border with Balochistan province and the South Waziristan tribal district.
"The Chinese tourist was recovered Saturday night after a successful operation and is to be handed over to the Chinese embassy in Islamabad anytime soon," Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar told a news conference.
Media reports said a faction of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan had claimed it was behind the abduction but Nisar did not disclose the details and circumstances in which the rescue operation was carried out.
