Body of missing journalist Saleem Shahzad has been found from Head Rasool area in Mandi Bahauddin, private TV channels reported on Tuesday evening.
Shahzad, working for the Asia Times Online, went missing three days back (Sunday evening). The journalist left his house in Islamabad to take part in a television programme but never arrived at the station, the channels reported.
International Federation of Journalists, Reporters Without Borders and Human Rights Watch have called on the government in Islamabad to immediately release any information they have on Saleem Shahzad who has been writing for the Asia Times Online for nearly 10 years.