US lawmaker welcomes release of Pakistani-American

By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT July 26, 2008

WASHINGTON: - US Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, co-chair of

the Congressional Pakistan Caucus, on Wednesday met with Dr. Safdar Sarki, a Pakistani-American from Houston, who was recently released in Pakistan after his abduction two years ago while he was on a visit to Karachi.

"I am proud to say that Dr. Safdar Sarki is a free man after tirelessly