The professor of University of Karachi, who had gone missing, has returned home. According to an association of Karachi University professors, Associate Professor Dr Riaz Ahmed, who was working at the applied chemistry department, was missing since 24 hours. According to his family sources, Dr Ahmed had been on campus till 10pm on Friday. At that time, he had informed his wife that he was coming home, but he didn't. Since then, his mobile phone has remained switched off. "Some activists have received messages from him in various WhatsApp groups on Saturday morning, but it seems that those messages were not scripted by Dr Riaz; someone else used his cell phone for testing," a family member said.
The family then contacted a lawyer to file a petition in the Sindh High Court for his safe recovery. Associate Professor Dr Osama Shafiq, who is one of his close colleagues, said that during the past one year, the third teacher of Karachi University had gone missing, which was an attack on the freedom of expression and the right to know. Another close friend of Dr Ahmed and activist, Sartaj Khan, said that the professor raised his voice for every oppressed person, especially for labourers, minorities and hapless ethnic groups.
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