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Friday 14 February 2014

Anti-Drone Campaigner Karim Khan Recovered
Islamabad: Pakistan anti-drone campaigneer, Karim Khan who had disappeared from Rawalpindi on February 5 has been recovered.
Karim Khan whose brother and teenage son were killed in a December 2009 drone attack had disappeared days before he was due to testify before European parliamentarians.

Khan's lawyer, Shahzad Akbar claimed his client had been kidnapped by 15 to 20 men.

On Wednesday,  the Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court had ordered the government to produce Karim Khan at a hearing on February 20.

Khan had also filed a case against drone strikes, arguing they constitute murder under domestic law.

He was also due to travel to Europe to speak with German, Dutch and British parliamentarians about his personal experience with drone strikes and the impact they are having on his country.


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