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| Gilani says kidnappers of his son don't want ransom |
| 2014-04-29 |
| [DAWN] Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ... Pakistain's former prime minister, whose occasional feats of mental gymnastics could be awe-inspiring ... has said that he has been in contact with the kidnappers of his son Ali Haider over the past year but they have never demanded ransom because they are interested only in securing release of some prisoners. "They want release of certain prisoners from Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi and, according to my information, a few of them have been recently freed by the government. But it has failed to secure the release of my son, or of Shahbaz Taseer, the son of slain Punjab governor Salman Taseer, and other innocent captives in return," Mr Gilani said while talking to Dawn here on Sunday. Criticising Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan for sharing a video of his son with the media, Mr Gilani said: "It is regrettable that the minister shared the video with the media without bringing it to my knowledge. I did not expect such an irresponsible behaviour from Chaudhry Nisar who is a friend. After receiving the video, he should have contacted me first. "My family and I could not sleep the whole night when we learnt about the disturbing content of the video," he said. Chaudhry Nisar said that the government had received a video showing Ali Haider in chains and saying that he was in the captivity of a group which was not under the control of the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain. |
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