Pakistani security officials walk past an oil tanker, carrying fuel supplies for NATO forces in neighboring Afghanistan, after it was allegedly attacked by militants in Peshawar, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Photo: AP/Mohammad Sajjad

British-Pakistani Journalist Held Captive in Pakistan since March Released

British High Commission in Pakistan Confirms Freeing of Asad Qureshi  

British-Pakistani journalist Asad Qureshi, who was kidnapped in March in Pakistan’s restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, has been released, according to the British High Commission in the country, news reports said on Thursday. 

The High Commission did not release more information, except to say he was receiving consular assistance.  

Qureshi was abducted from the tribal areas around the city of Kohat in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan.  ...