Pakistan’s Interior Minister: Afghan envoy daughter's kidnapping case to be solved in 72 hours
Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, the Interior Minister of Pakistan
Addressing a news conference, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said on Sunday that the kidnapping case of Afghanistan ambassador's daughter is expected to be solved in 72 hours.
As per PM Imran Khan's directives,Rasheed said the government registered an FIR against the kidnapping at 2 am.
The authorities will investigate as to how the envoy's daughter reached Daman-e-Koh from Rawalpindi and hopefully by today evening, there will bea clearer picture, said theminister, as per a Geo News report.
Earlier onFriday,daughter of Afghanistan Ambassador to Pakistan NajibullahAlikhil, was kidnapped in Pakistani capital Islamabadina shocking development.
The 27-year-old went missing at around 2.30 pm (local time) near Rana Market in Islamabad. Her shoes and mobile phonewere missing.
AmbassadorAlikhil'sdaughter was assaulted in a taxi which she had taken while returning fromthemarket.The ambassador'sdaughter had reached hospital later.According to a report by the Pakistan Institute of Medical Science in Islamabad, she hadswelling in various parts of her body.
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Just hours after the incident, Afghanistan summoned Pakistan's Ambassador to Kabul Mansoor Ahmad Khan and lodged a'strong protest'apart from expressing'deep concerns'over the incident.
In a statement after the summoning, Afghan foreign ministry said that it "explicitly called on the Pakistani government to take immediate action to identify and punish the perpetrators of this crime and ensure the full security and immunity of Afghan diplomats and their families in accordance with international conventions."
Pakistan reacted to the development and its foreign ministryhadsaid it had increased the security of the Afghan envoy and his family.
"Law enforcement agencies are trying to trace and apprehend the culprits to be brought to justice," the ministry said in a statement.
Pakistani PM Imran Khan had also directed the country's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed toutiliseall resources to apprehend the persons involved in the incident. A deadline of 48 hourswas for law enforcement agencies to apprehend the culprits.
(With inputs from agencies)