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BBC News
7 days ago
- BBC News
Mother's plea to find son Ali Durrani missing for six months
A mother has made an emotional plea for help in finding her son six months after he Durrani, 32, of Stirchley, Birmingham, was last seen on 6 February in the Northfield area of the a police press conference on Tuesday, his mother Mahjabeen Durrani said the family had no leads on what had Susan Mabbett, from West Midlands Police, said Mr Durrani was last seen on CCTV at 17:30 GMT on Middlemore Road, Turves Green, at the same time as a woman with a young child and a black and white dog. She urged the woman to contact police. 'Heavy heart' Mrs Durrani said: "We are longing to see our beautiful child. What happened on that day and why is he still not found?"She said her son, an economics graduate, had links to Luton, Milton Keynes, Coventry and Nuneaton, where he used to work. He also used to travel to London to see family and had been looking for work when he went missing, she him as someone who enjoyed coffee shops, book stores, walking, museums and seeing family, she said he was "an intelligent and articulate young man".Mr Durrani had anxiety and may have sought help from alternative health practitioners in the Ilford area, she added: "With a heavy heart I'm appealing to the public, do you know anything?" Supt Mabbett said detectives had carried out an extensive investigation, using drone teams and specialist search officers, and had worked with British Transport Police and West Midlands Fire had reviewed hundreds of hours of CCTV, she said, but police had not recovered Mr Durrani's device, a light-coloured iPhone 12, was last active in the area of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, on 7 Mabbett said: "If you think you may have come across it and you now have Ali's phone, we'd be really grateful if you reach out to West Midlands Police." Mr Durrani - who has a birthday at the end of August - is of medium build, with black hair and a black beard. He was last seen wearing a green raincoat with black jeans and lace-up brown family have launched a social media campaign asking for information, with their TikTok videos racking up tens of thousands of views. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
05-06-2025
- BBC News
'I don't want my missing son to be a Birmingham cold case'
A mother has said she fears the disappearance of her son will "become a cold case". Ali Durrani, from Stirchley in Birmingham, has not been seen by his family for 120 days. He went missing one evening in February, and was last seen talking to a woman at a bus stop. Relatives believe it is extremely out of character for the 32-year-old, who vanished "completely out of the blue" after telling his family he was going for a Midlands Police said the search for Mr Durrani remained active and they were continuing to pursue active lines of enquiry. "Our life has been turned completely upside down," his mother Mahjabeen said. "We are completely devastated and can't function properly." Ms Durrani added her son, who studied economics at the University of York, had told her he was going out for a walk to clear his head. The family were close and would often eat their evening meal together. But Mr Durrani did not return and was last seen talking to a woman at a bus stop in Turves Green, Northfield, at about 17:25 GMT on 6 February. "There's nothing to say he wasn't going to come back," Ms Durrani continued. "There is no note, nothing at all." Mr Durrani had anxiety and relatives said he had been trying to find a job, but he had no history of significant mental health issues. The family have launched a social media campaign asking for information, but his mother said it felt like they were going "round in circles". She said she was worried about how long it was taking police to obtain CCTV, and worried her son would be forgotten about. "I don't want this to become a cold case," she said. "We will carry on looking for our son that's the most important thing to us. "I believe he's out there somewhere I absolutely believe that." The missing man, who enjoyed walking and the outdoors, is described as medium build, with black hair and a black beard. He was last seen wearing a green raincoat with black jeans and lace up brown shoes. Neither his bank or social media accounts have been used and his passport was left at home. West Midlands Police said it understood the concerns of Mr Durrani's family and was still investigating. "We will be speaking with them to understand their concerns and will seek to reassure them of the extent of our enquiries," a statement said. The Missing people charity said the reasons why people go missing were complex and varied. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Express Tribune
17-04-2025
- Express Tribune
Crackdown against rickshaws launched
On directive of Balochistan High Court (BHC) and on the directions of Commissioner, Chairman Regional Transport Authority Quetta Division Hamza Shafqat, a series of actions against illegal rickshaws are underway in Quetta city. In this regard, during a check on the double road under the supervision of Secretary RTA Quetta Division Ali Durrani, five rickshaws were seized and stopped under Section 115.
