Imran Riaz Khan appears on Mian Ashaq's podcast for the first time after recovery

After returning home, renowned journalist, Imran Riaz Khan appeared on the screen, nearly after 4 months.

Riaz appeared on the podcast of his friend and lawyer, Mian Ali Ashfaq. The promo of which has also been released.

After the release of the promo, Imran Riaz Khan started trending on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. 

Prominent Pakistani journalist and anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan, missing for more than four months, returned home on September 25.

He was arrested at an airport in the Sialkot city of Punjab as he tried to leave the country after May 9 protests over former Prime Minister Imran Khan's arrest.

The YouTuber's family approached the Lahore High Court to determine his whereabouts, and after multiple hearings, the court gave police a deadline to present the missing journalist by Tuesday. International media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, other rights groups and Pakistan’s journalist community had demanded his release.

Khan has been "safely recovered. He is now with his family," Sialkot police said in a post on X, without offering further details.

His lawyer Mian Ali Ashfaq said on X that the recovery took a long time due to "countless difficulties, a weak