<p>David Olivier, 31, and Widmar Daniela, 29, were abducted by gunmen in the Loralai area of southwestern Balochistan province in July.<br /><br />They had entered Balochistan as tourists but officials said that they had not informed the authorities of their arrival. <br /><br />The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has released the videos which were shown by Dawn television Wednesday. <br /><br />Three armed men are standing behind the couple in the video, reported Xinhua.<br />Dawn TV said that the couple are being held hostage by the TTP in North Waziristan tribal region. <br /><br />The videos show the couple calling upon the governments of Switzerland, the US and Pakistan to meet the captors' demands.<br /><br />The TTP said they would release the couple if the US freed Aafia Siddiqui, a female neuroscientist sentenced in 2010 for attack on US soldiers in Afghanistan.<br /><br />"We call upon the Western world to put pressure on America for the release of Aafia Siddiqui," TTP deputy chief Waliur Rehman said. <br /><br />"If the US does not agree to her release then our central 'Shura' (council) will take a decision about the Swiss hostages," he added.<br /><br />In one video, one of the hostages said "our lives are at risk" if the demands are not met.<br />Sources said that the TTP members had delivered the videos to local journalists in Miranshah in North Waziristan.</p>
<p>David Olivier, 31, and Widmar Daniela, 29, were abducted by gunmen in the Loralai area of southwestern Balochistan province in July.<br /><br />They had entered Balochistan as tourists but officials said that they had not informed the authorities of their arrival. <br /><br />The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has released the videos which were shown by Dawn television Wednesday. <br /><br />Three armed men are standing behind the couple in the video, reported Xinhua.<br />Dawn TV said that the couple are being held hostage by the TTP in North Waziristan tribal region. <br /><br />The videos show the couple calling upon the governments of Switzerland, the US and Pakistan to meet the captors' demands.<br /><br />The TTP said they would release the couple if the US freed Aafia Siddiqui, a female neuroscientist sentenced in 2010 for attack on US soldiers in Afghanistan.<br /><br />"We call upon the Western world to put pressure on America for the release of Aafia Siddiqui," TTP deputy chief Waliur Rehman said. <br /><br />"If the US does not agree to her release then our central 'Shura' (council) will take a decision about the Swiss hostages," he added.<br /><br />In one video, one of the hostages said "our lives are at risk" if the demands are not met.<br />Sources said that the TTP members had delivered the videos to local journalists in Miranshah in North Waziristan.</p>