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Two Senior Officials Abducted at Gunpoint

by AFP
Aref Karimi—AFP

Aref Karimi—AFP

Deputy commissioner and assistant commissioner of Kechh district kidnapped by gunmen in Tump town.

Gunmen snatched two senior government officials after overpowering their subordinates in Balochistan province on Thursday, officials said.

The incident happened in Tump town, Kechh district, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Quetta.

“The deputy commissioner and the assistant commissioner of Kechh district were returning after a meeting with Iranian border officials when they were intercepted by dozens of armed men,” said provincial home secretary Adil Gilani. He said the gunmen overpowered at least 18 staff and security personnel accompanying the two officials and ordered the convoy to follow them.

The gunmen later allowed the staff and security personnel to go but took away the deputy commissioner and assistant commissioner. Another senior local official Abdul Fateh Bhangar confirmed the incident.

No group has so far claimed responsibility but Balochistan, one of Pakistan’s most unstable provinces, is rife with separatist and Islamist militants and is plagued by sectarian bloodshed.

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Syed Faisal imam February 14, 2014 - 3:48 pm

Who from the govt side is going to accept responsibility? A govt full of cowards,of people who have sold their souls.cannot look after its functionaries carrying out their duties negotiations,negotiations with your lawbreakers and having the law enforcers sacrificed. Absurd.all those for allowing and condoning this lawlessness should leave govt.

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