LAHORE – YouTuber Aun Ali Khosa, who was reportedly abducted on August 15, safely returned home, the lawyers confirmed on Monday.
Khadija Siddiqi, the counsel for Aun Ali Khosa, took to X, previously known as Twitter, and said that Aun Ali Khosa had been released and had returned home.
Another of Khosa’s lawyers, Mian Ali Ashfaq, confirmed the news on X, noting that he had spoken extensively with Khosa.
“Alhamdulillah, he is courageous, safe, and determined,” Ashfaq said. “May Allah bless him and his family every step of the way.” He also expressed gratitude to Siddiqi for her support and advocacy.
On August 18, the Lahore High Court (LHC) had directed the Lahore police to ensure Khosa’s recovery by August 20.
The development had taken place after Khosa’s wife, Binish Iqbal, moved a plea and submitted that her husband was unlawfully detained by the law enforcement authorities.
She, in her plea, had expressed serious concerns for her husband’s safety, fearing that he might be a victim of enforced disappearance. She had said that Khosa, a well-known digital content creator, writer, and comedian with a substantial following of 137,000 YouTube subscribers, was last seen when a group of masked men, accompanied by police officials, forcibly entered their apartment in the early hours of August 15.
The intruders seized Khosa’s phone, laptop, computer and digital camera.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) had also expressed alarm over the reports of Khosa’s abduction, saying that the incident might be linked to his work as a satirist, and had called for his immediate release.
