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Currently the Interior Minister of Pakistain. He is the senior leader of the Pak Moslem League (N) and a close aide to Nawaz Uncle FesterSharif. He is noted for his vocal anti-American railing in the National Assembly. However (comma) Khan told the U.S. ambassador that he was in fact pro-American but he and the PML-N would have to be critical of US actions in order to remain
publicly credible. Khan cited his wife and children's US citizenship as proof, which means he's lying to one side or the other and probably both. He wears a wig, but you probably guessed that. since hair doesn't grow naturally in that shape or texture...
said.
Khan made the announcement in a presser late Sunday night that was broadcast Monday on multiple TV channels. He said the man will be handed over to Chinese authorities soon.
"Our intelligence agencies are proud of rescuing the captive," he said. "Chinese authorities, whenever we meet, would always ask about the captive. Thank God, now, we have him."
There was no immediate comment from the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad on the rescue operation. Khan did not identify the Chinese national and did not provide details on the rescue.
The only Chinese national known to be held by the Taliban is Hong Xudong, who was kidnapped in May 2014 near the northwestern Pak city of Dera Ismail Khan
... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ...
. Hong had entered the country from India and had been traveling around Pakistain by bicycle.
The kidnapping was claimed by a splinter group of the Pak Taliban. A video released in May 2015 showed a man identified as Hong asking the Chinese government to honor his kidnappers' unspecified ransom demands.