Islamabad, May 31 (IANS) Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, who went missing Sunday amid speculation that he had been abducted by intelligence agencies, is dead, a media report said Tuesday.

Shahzad’s body was found in Sarai Alamgir, nearly 200 km from Islamabad, Pakistani daily Dawn said on its website.

Shahzad was the Pakistan bureau chief of Asia Times Online.