PAKISTAN-MEDIA

Dilawar Khan Wazir, a Pakistani reporter working for the BBC who was kidnapped, sits at his office following his release in Islamabad, 21 November 2006. A Pakistani reporter working for the BBC was kidnapped and beaten before being released after 24 hours in captivity, he told reporters. Dilawar Khan Wazir said he was stopped while traveling in a taxi from Islamabad to Dera Ismail Khan, near the tribal territory of Waziristan on Monday by unidentified men. AFP PHOTO/Aamir QURESHI