The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Saturday released three doctors who had been kidnapped from Balochistan in June.
Three doctors were among five people kidnapped from Balochistan while travelling to Zhob from Loralai District. Zhob borders with the lawless tribal region of Waziristan.
Five people, including three doctors, DHQ MS Hospital Loralai Dr Anwer Shabozai, Senior Medical Officer Dr Nasrullah Ghilzai, Dr Ayaz Ahmed, paramedic Farooq Ahmed and driver Anwer Khan, were abducted in June.
Incidents of kidnapping for ransom in the area are common. Unidentified men had earlier also kidnapped former prosecutor general Wasay Tareen from the adjoining district of Sherani. They later set him free.
A Swiss couple, Olivier David Och, 31, and Daniela Widmer, 28, were abducted in July 2011 by the Taliban while travelling in Balochistan’s Loralai District situated 170 km east of Quetta.
They were shifted to Waziristan and were finally set free after eight months.
