Civil Hospital neurosurgeon Dr Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil, who was abducted from Quetta on December 13, returned home on Wednesday after 48 days.
Chairman of the Doctors Association Committee confirmed the news of Dr Khalil returning home.
Dr Khalil was kidnapped from Shahbaz Town while he was on his way home from work While his car — with broken windows — was recovered by authorities, the neurosurgeon could not be reached on his mobile phone.
According to reports, armed men dropped the doctor near Mall Road at 6am from where he hailed a taxi and reached home.
The taxi driver, who dropped the doctor home said that the doctor's clothes were blood-soaked and he was severely injured.
