Group admits Baghdad kidnapping

A MILITANT group yesterday claimed to have kidnapped a Pakistani working in the country’s embassy in Baghdad, officials said, confirming the latest abduction of a foreigner in Iraq’s lawless capital.

“Persons claiming to be members of Omar bin Khattab group have apparently kidnapped the official,” said a Pakistani Foreign Ministry statement released in Islamabad.

The official, Malik Mohammad Javed, went missing after prayers on Saturday in Baghdad.

“Malik Javed has contacted our charge d’affaires in Baghdad informing that he is safe,” the statement added.