Six employees of a local non-government organisation called the Balochistan Rural Support Programme were reportedly abducted by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants from Pishin district, some 50 kilometres north of here on Tuesday.
Confirming the abduction, the head of the organisation Nadir Gul Bareach told reporters that three staff members were in a project area in Pishin district when they were abducted by armed militants while another three were kidnapped from a nearby office. He said he was unaware of the abductors’ identity.
Pishin Deputy Commissioner Abdul Munsoor Kakar told Pakistan Today that in three such incidents in the past, TTP militants were involved and statements of the eyewitnesses also pointed to the involvement of militants from the tribal areas.
However, he said, according to the information gathered from local tribesmen, the abductors drove their victims towards Qilla Saifullah and probably wanted to take them to the tribal areas. He said that the border security force were informed, which started strict checking. The abducted employees were identified as Abdul Qayum, Zahoor, Abdul Bashir, Mujeeb-ur-Rehman, Aftab Ahmed and Maqboul.
