Unidentified militants abducted six officials of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) from Balochistan’s Killa Saifullah district on Friday.
A security official said that the militants kidnapped the PTCL employees from the Gawal area of Killa Saifullah district. They were identified as Engineer Haji Asad, Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Nabi, Sajjad Beg and two others. The security official said that the men were on routine work when they were abducted.
A search operation has been launched for the recovery of the employees. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the kidnappings.
Armed militants had also kidnapped 10 people from the same area earlier in January this year. Thus far, militants have freed seven people, while three are still being held hostage.