Awami National Party’s former provincial president Arbab Abdul Zahir Kasi has been kidnapped by gunmen from Quetta on Wednesday.
Police said some armed men intercepted Zahir Kasi’s car on Patel Road on the outskirts of Quetta and took him away in their vehicle on the gunpoint.
Officials said the Kasi’s driver, who was thrashed by the kidnappers over his resistance, is in police custody and being interrogated.
Confirming the abduction, a family member of the ANP leader told SAMAA that he faced no threats from anyone.
Zahir Kasi is ANP’s former president of Balochistan chapter.
Police later put the security on high alter across the city, cordoning off the area.
Several doctors, professors and political leaders have been kidnapped across the restive province for ransom.
