Pakistani journalist critical of military freed after abduction

A Pakistani journalist, who has been a vocal critic of the powerful military and government, was released late yesterday, hours after the government confirmed he had been abducted, his family said.

“My husband was abducted this morning outside the school (in the capital Islamabad) where I work,” Kaneez Sughra, the wife of 51-year-old Matiullah Jan, told Reuters...