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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad

Pakistani poet was abducted because of human rights activism, says wife

Ahmad Farhad posing for a photograph at an event
Zainab said Farhad had posted on X about receiving threats from the Inter-Services Intelligence agency. Photograph: Supplied

The wife of a Kashmiri poet and journalist who was abducted from outside his house last week has accused the country’s spy agency of responsibility, saying it acted because of his activism.

Ahmad Farhad was pushed into a vehicle in Islamabad after returning from a dinner in the early hours of Wednesday 15 May and driven away.

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