Pak engineer kidnapped in Libya has been released on Tuesday

Tripoli, March 07: A Pakistani engineer working in an oil field in southern Libya, who was abducted by an unknown armed group last week, has been released, a security official said on Tuesday.

"The Pakistani engineer Shahid Abdul-Salam, who was kidnapped last week in Ubari city, was released by the kidnappers after they told him he was a suspect and not meant to be kidnapped," said Brig. Abdul-Qadir Al-Bakush, the chief of Ubari Security Directorate.

"I have communicated with the engineer and he informed me that he is in good health and was not beaten or hurt," Al-Bakush added.

He said that the engineer will remain in the city and will continue to work in the oil field.