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 Balochistan’s Quetta city and took him away in their vehicle at 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, family member of the ANP leader told SAMAA that he had no threats of life from anyone.
Police heightened the security across the city and cordoned off the area.
Several doctors, professors and political leaders have been kidnapped across the restive province for ransom.
