<p>40-year-old Syed Saleem Shahzad, the Pakistan bureau chief for Asia Times Online, was reported missing on Sunday evening shortly after he left his home here for a television station.<br /><br />Reports earlier in the day said a body had been found near Shahzad's car at Sarai Alamghir near Jhelum town. After police informed Shahzad's family, a relative went to the site and identified the body.<br /><br />Police said Shahzad's body bore marks of torture.<br />Shahzad's family had earlier told the media that the description provided by police did not match with that of the missing journalist.<br /><br />Rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, had earlier said they believed Shahzad was in the custody of Pakistani intelligence agencies.<br /><br />The International Federation of Journalists and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists had appealed to the Pakistani government to order security agencies to trace Shahzad.<br />No group claimed responsibility for the killing and Shahzad's family said he had no enmity with anyone.<br /><br />Shazad had shifted from Karachi to Islamabad two years back and his reporting mostly focussed on militant groups, including banned groups and al Qaeda.</p>
<p>40-year-old Syed Saleem Shahzad, the Pakistan bureau chief for Asia Times Online, was reported missing on Sunday evening shortly after he left his home here for a television station.<br /><br />Reports earlier in the day said a body had been found near Shahzad's car at Sarai Alamghir near Jhelum town. After police informed Shahzad's family, a relative went to the site and identified the body.<br /><br />Police said Shahzad's body bore marks of torture.<br />Shahzad's family had earlier told the media that the description provided by police did not match with that of the missing journalist.<br /><br />Rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, had earlier said they believed Shahzad was in the custody of Pakistani intelligence agencies.<br /><br />The International Federation of Journalists and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists had appealed to the Pakistani government to order security agencies to trace Shahzad.<br />No group claimed responsibility for the killing and Shahzad's family said he had no enmity with anyone.<br /><br />Shazad had shifted from Karachi to Islamabad two years back and his reporting mostly focussed on militant groups, including banned groups and al Qaeda.</p>