Overview

• Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on X that Mushtaq Ahmad Khan has been freed and is in good health with Pakistan’s embassy in Amman.
• The embassy will facilitate his return to Pakistan in line with his preferences, according to Dar’s statement.
• Pakistan’s Foreign Office had been coordinating through its mission in Amman with assistance from the Jordanian government and other partners to secure his release.
• Khan, a senior Jamaat-e-Islami member, was detained after Israeli forces intercepted the Gaza-bound Global Sumud/Global Solidarity flotilla, which he joined as leader of a five-member Pakistani delegation.
• Earlier briefings from Islamabad described a process involving court presentation and deportation orders for detainees, and officials had noted phased releases of other flotilla participants.