Pakistani journalist seeking refuge in Malaysia gets death threat

A Pakistani journalist taking refuge in Malaysia under the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is fearing for his life after receiving a death threat from Pakistani intelligence agencies.

The columnist, who has been critical of the Pakistani government in his articles which were published by news sources in Pakistan, said he believes the letter is from the Inter-Services Intelligence of Pakistan , a government agency known to resort to unconventional ways of gathering intelligence and managing cases., said the sender had warned him to return to Pakistan and it was “his last opportunity to get an emergency passport from the Pakistani High Commission”.

Fearing for his life, he lodged a police report at the Brickfields police station on Friday urging the police to provide him with protection. He said apart from recording a detailed statement from him by an investigations officer, the Special Branch had also visited his house to gather further evidence.that police had commenced investigations into the report.

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