Amnesty 'deeply concerned' after Arsalan Khan picked up from home.

KARACHI -- Amnesty International said it was 'deeply concerned' after social media activist and journalist Arsalan Khan was picked up from his Karachi residence in the wee hours of Friday.

'Pakistan must end this abhorrent practice of punishing dissent by wrenching people away from their loved ones,' Amnesty said in a tweet after Khan was picked up at 4am.

The human rights watchdog urged the newly-appointed Inter-Ministerial Committee on Missing Persons to take note of the 'jarring disconnect between what they are saying and what is actually happening on the ground'.

The committee - headed by Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarrar - was formed last month, with members including Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah, Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Shazia Marri, Minister for Communication Asad Mehmood, Minister for Defence Production Muhammad Israr Tareen, Minister for Maritime Affairs Syed Faisal Ali Subzwari...

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