ISLAMABAD: Rubina Shaheen Chaudhry, wife of Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Habib Zahir in a letter to Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa requested ?military family? to help her out in tracing her missing husband.

Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Zahir, the retired army officer reportedly went missing during a visit to Nepal in April.

According to his family, Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Zahir went to Nepal looking for a job. Zahir left for Nepal on April 5 and the next day reached the country?s capital, Kathmandu. Thereon he went to Lumbini, which is about six kilometers from the Indian border. He contacted his family last on April 6 and after that, he could not be reached.

In her letter, Chaudhry said: ?me and my family has taken all possible legal actions including registering of his absence with local police authorities as well as United Nations, but still nothing about his whereabouts have been confirmed?.

She said that it has been more than four months since her husband has been missing.

?Being wife a retired officer, my children and I are again looking towards our ?military family? to help us out in tracing Habib Zahir?.

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Lt Col (retd) Zahir had retired from Pakistan Army in 2014. During his service, Zahir also worked with United Nation?s peace mission for two years. Zahir then joined a Pakistani food company and was currently looking for other job offers.

He was contacted by a man named Mark Thompson who offered him a job at an international company Start Solution Dot Biz. Thompson had called Zahir for an interview to Nepal.

The news of the retired army officer was confirmed by the spokesperson of Pakistan?s foreign office Nafees Zakariya, who also informed that the matter also been brought into the notice of Nepal?s government and Pakistani Embassy in Nepal.