...1. Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2. A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3. A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots
....
police successfully recovered the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) founder Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree...
's lawyer, Intezar Hussain Panjutha, following a shootout with alleged kidnappers in Hassan Abdal.
The development too place late Saturday night when personnel of the Attock police stopped a suspicious vehicle during a routine check. According to the police spokesperson, the vehicle was carrying a "gang of kidnappers" with an abductee.
Upon being intercepted, the kidnappers opened indiscriminate fire on the police. However,
nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits...
they fled upon retaliation by the police party, leaving behind the car with a man trussed-up inside.
The police safely recovered the abductee, who turned out to be the PTI founder's counsel, the police front man confirmed.
Later, Panjutha was shifted to a hospital for medical treatment, where he revealed that he was severely tortured by the kidnappers. He said he was picked up from Islamabad on October 8 for a ransom worth Rs20 million.
"The abductors communicated in Pashto and I was unable to understand the conversations. They kept me tied up till Saturday evening," Panjutha said, recounting that he was being moved continuously for three to four hours.
"I had no idea where they had brought me or how far they had travelled," he added.
The police said they an investigation is underway to identify the individuals behind the abduction.
The former prime minister's lawyer had been missing since 8 October. A case regarding his disappearance is sub judice in Islamabad High Court (IHC)
IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq was told during a recent hearing that efforts for Panjutha's recovery were underway.