LAHORE: A female journalist who was abducted over two years ago was recovered on Wednesday night, Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal confirmed on Friday.

Justice (retd) Iqbal, the head of the missing persons commission told BBC Urdu that Zeenat Shahzadi - who was at the time of her abduction working for a local news outlet based out of Lahore - was recovered from the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday night.

File photo of Zeenat Shahzadi

Iqbal added, that Shahzadi had been abducted by non-state actors and enemy intelligence agencies and that she had been rescued their clutches.

Tribal leaders from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan played an important role in Shahzadi?s release, Iqbal further added.

As yet no statement has been issued by the recovered journalist or her family.