Missing Afghan found dead

Published May 30, 2008

ISLAMABAD, May 29: An Afghan who went missing last week was found hanging here on Thursday, police said.

Faizur Rehman, 45, came from America on May 21, police said, adding that he was to move his native town in Afghanistan along with his family.

The incident came to light when some passersby informed the police that an abandoned decomposed body was hanging with with a tree near G-9 Markaz.

The police shifted the body to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences for legal process.

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