Top Story March 12, 2021 ISLAMABAD: There is strong evidence pointing towards the involvement of Indian hostile agencies in the abduction of Col (retd) Muhammad Habib Zahir’s disappearance, the Foreign Office said Thursday. Speaking at a weekly press briefing, FO spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said Zahir is a retired officer of the Pakistan army who was abducted in 2017 from Lumbini, Nepal which is 5 kilometres from the Indian border. The Nepal Government, on Pakistan’s request, had constituted a special team to look into the incident but there has been no progress in the matter so far, he said. “There is strong evidence pointing towards the involvement of Indian hostile agencies in the abduction of Habib Zahir, including involvement of Indian nationals who reportedly received him at Lumbini, made his hotel reservations and booked his tickets,” he added.