<p>A controversial Pakistani anchor and YouTuber, who went missing four months ago following the May 9 anti-government protest after former Prime Minister Imran Khan's arrest, has returned home safely, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>Imran Riaz Khan, 47, with more than three million followers on YouTube, was reportedly arrested two days after violent protests broke out across the country following Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s arrest on May 9 in an alleged corruption case.</p>.<p>Khan was an ardent supporter of the former prime minister and highly critical of the establishment after the former premier was ousted from office in April last year.</p>.Pakistan court to hear Imran Khan's post-arrest bail plea in Cipher case on September 25.<p>He was last known to be taken to the Lahore Cantonment police station after his arrest and later to the Sialkot prison in Punjab province.</p>.<p>On May 15, a law officer told the Lahore High Court (LHC) that the anchor was released from jail after taking an undertaking in writing.</p>.<p>However, on Monday Punjab province's Sialkot police said that Khan has returned home safely without divulging any further information.</p>.<p>“Journalist/Anchor Imran Riaz Khan has been safely recovered. He is now with his family,” Sialkot Police said in a statement on X.</p>.<p>Khan's lawyer Mian Ali Ashfaq also confirmed the development and said: “By God’s special blessing, grace, and mercy, I have brought back my prince.” </p><p>“It took a lot of time due to the pile of difficulties, the last limit of understanding of the matter, a weak judiciary, and the current ineffective public constitution and legal helplessness,” he said.</p>.<p>The Lahore High Court was hearing the case of his alleged abduction and on September 20 had given the Punjab Police a last chance to recover the anchor.</p>.<p>It was not clear where he had been kept during that period.</p>
<p>A controversial Pakistani anchor and YouTuber, who went missing four months ago following the May 9 anti-government protest after former Prime Minister Imran Khan's arrest, has returned home safely, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>Imran Riaz Khan, 47, with more than three million followers on YouTube, was reportedly arrested two days after violent protests broke out across the country following Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s arrest on May 9 in an alleged corruption case.</p>.<p>Khan was an ardent supporter of the former prime minister and highly critical of the establishment after the former premier was ousted from office in April last year.</p>.Pakistan court to hear Imran Khan's post-arrest bail plea in Cipher case on September 25.<p>He was last known to be taken to the Lahore Cantonment police station after his arrest and later to the Sialkot prison in Punjab province.</p>.<p>On May 15, a law officer told the Lahore High Court (LHC) that the anchor was released from jail after taking an undertaking in writing.</p>.<p>However, on Monday Punjab province's Sialkot police said that Khan has returned home safely without divulging any further information.</p>.<p>“Journalist/Anchor Imran Riaz Khan has been safely recovered. He is now with his family,” Sialkot Police said in a statement on X.</p>.<p>Khan's lawyer Mian Ali Ashfaq also confirmed the development and said: “By God’s special blessing, grace, and mercy, I have brought back my prince.” </p><p>“It took a lot of time due to the pile of difficulties, the last limit of understanding of the matter, a weak judiciary, and the current ineffective public constitution and legal helplessness,” he said.</p>.<p>The Lahore High Court was hearing the case of his alleged abduction and on September 20 had given the Punjab Police a last chance to recover the anchor.</p>.<p>It was not clear where he had been kept during that period.</p>