{"id":36312,"date":"2022-06-25T07:26:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T07:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=36312"},"modified":"2022-06-25T07:26:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T07:26:21","slug":"rangers-release-social-media-activist-arsalan-khan-after-hours-long-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2022\/36312\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers release social media activist Arsalan Khan after hours-long detention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi (National Times) Social media activist and journalist Arsalan Khan has reached home after hours-long detention.<\/p>\n<p>The social media activist was picked up from his residence in Karachi on Friday by unknown persons.<\/p>\n<p>According to his wife &#8220;around 14 to 15 government officials barged into their house in the wee hours and pointed guns at the family members&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArsalan was picked up despite being innocent. The government officials took him with them in front of my children,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued by the Sindh Rangers spokesperson, the social media activist was arrested based on an intelligence report regarding his &#8220;links with a terrorist organisation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Rangers release social media activist Arsalan Khan after hours-long detention<br \/>\n\u201cDuring the interrogation, it was revealed that the accused had received financial assistance from a terrorist organisation. However, he was released after being warned to cooperate in the investigation in the future,\u201d said the spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added that the case was being handed over to the relevant authority for complete investigation based on white-collar crime.<\/p>\n<p>Later in a tweet, Arsalan Khan thanked everyone for their support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m back home safe and sound. Thank you everyone for all the help &#038; support you people extended to my lone family in this testing time. I&#8217;m truly short of words. Love you all,&#8221; he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty \u2018deeply concerned\u2019 over Arsalan Khan detention<br \/>\nEarlier, Amnesty International said it was \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d after the social media activist was picked up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPakistan must end this abhorrent practice of punishing dissent by wrenching people away from their loved ones,\u201d Amnesty said in a tweet after Khan was picked up at 4am.<\/p>\n<p>The human rights watchdog urged the newly-appointed Inter-Ministerial Committee on Missing Persons to take note of the \u201cjarring disconnect between what they are saying and what is actually happening on the ground\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi (National Times) Social media activist and journalist Arsalan Khan has reached home after hours-long detention. 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