Missing Islamabad journalist recovered from Swabi

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.

He was brought back to the police post as his condition improved,” the police official said.

Later, he contacted his family and as soon as the information was received, reporters from the private TV channel he works for reached Swabi, while his brother and other family members also arrived at the Mansoori police post.

He said it was not known who the assailants were who had abducted him from Islamabad and it was not immediately clear how Mr Ayaz was brought to the Baraqai area and for what purpose.

Journalist Yasir Ayaz went missing from the jurisdiction of Aabpara police station in Islamabad on June 5, after which his whereabouts remained unknown.

He belongs to the Mansehra district and works as a journalist in Islamabad.

The district police handed over the recovered journalist to Islamabad police, who then took him back to the capital.

Published in Dawn, June 10th, 2026