British-Pakistani journalist Asad Qureshi, who has been held captive in Pakistan since March, has been released.
The British high commission in Pakistan announced the news today but gave no further details except to say he was receiving consular assistance.
Qureshi - thought to have been working for a British TV broadcaster - was kidnapped in the restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on the north west frontier.
He had been traveling with two retired officers from Pakistan's intelligence agency, identified as Colonel Imam and Squadron Leader Khalid Khawaja.
Khawaja's body was later found in North Waziristan with a message from an unknown terror organisation, the Asian Tigers, stating that he was killed because of his links to the CIA.
At the time of Qureshi's abduction, the International Press Institute quoted a source who said that the trio had been returning from a meeting with Taliban representatives when they were intercepted.
In April, a ransom demand was issued for the release of the hostages by the Asian Tigers.
"We are relieved to hear of the release of Asad Qureshi," said IPI's press freedom manager Anthony Mills. "His kidnapping starkly highlighted the risks journalists working in the region face.
"We would like to remind all parties that journalists should have the right move freely, and report on all sides of a story, without fear of kidnapping, or worse."
Source: IPI
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