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SWABI: Journalist Yasir Ayaz, who went missing from Islamabad four days ago, was recovered here on Tuesday, police officials said.

Officials stated that Mr. Ayaz contacted his father from an unknown number, informing him that he was in the Baraqai area of Swabi district.

When contacted, the incharge of Mansoori police post, Waleed Khan, told Dawn that he was in the Charbagh area when he was informed that an unconscious man had been found near the police post.

He was brought to the police post in a critical condition. However, when his condition improved he told that he was a journalist. “He was extremely nervous and unable to speak. We immediately took him to a private hospital in the Gohati area for a medical check-up.