Authorities in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan provinces have found and safely repatriated a Turkish national who was abducted two months ago, an official said on Saturday. Balochistan, which has been the site of a long-running insurgency, has frequently witnessed kidnappings of and attacks targeting foreign nationals, infrastructure projects, security forces, police and non-native Pakistanis. Salih Guljamal, […]
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Abducted narcotics official found shot dead in Lakki Marwat
A narcotics department official who had been abducted by unidentified armed men was found shot dead on Monday near Dhooda village in district Lakki Marwat, police said. According to police report, the deceased, identified as Fareedullah, was allegedly abducted by two unknown armed motorcyclists before being taken to an undisclosed location. Police said the victim […]
LHC expresses concern over non-recovery of abducted girls
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday expressed serious concern over the failure of police to recover a large number of abducted girls, as Inspector General (IG) Police Abdul Karim and other senior officers appeared before the court. Chief Justice Aalia Neelum, while hearing a petition filed by Salma Bibi regarding the recovery of her […]
Abducted policeman found dead in Bajaur
A policeman was found dead in the War Mamund tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district on Friday, a day after he was abducted near the Dama Dola area, officials said. Bajaur district police spokesperson Israr Khan told the media that the 54-year-old Shah Munir Khan, who was on leave, was heading home with his family […]
Another underage Hindu girl abducted in Badin
Days after news of the abduction and alleged forced conversion of two underage girls in Ghotki district created an uproar, another 16-year-old Hindu girl has allegedly been abducted. According to an Information Department handout, the Sindh Minister for Minorities Affairs Hari Ram Kishori Lal has taken notice of a news item that went viral on […]
Two minor girls abducted and forced to convert to Islam
Two Hindu girls were abducted and forced to convert to Islam from Ghotki district in Sindh. The Sindh assembly has been asked by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan to pass a bill criminalising forced conversions. HRCP said “it is imperative this bill be passed and steps taken to implement it. At present, forced conversions […]
Students, family demand release of ‘abducted’ teacher
LARKANA: Government Muslim Higher Secondary School students, teachers and parents of Muhammad Essa Memon organised a large rally outside the Larkana Press Club on Wednesday against Memon’s alleged enforced disappearance a day earlier. They organised a peaceful demonstration holding banners in their hands and were chanting slogans which said ‘release our teacher’ and ‘release our baba’. […]
Social activist Gul Bukhari returns home after brief disappearance
LAHORE: Social activist Gul Bukhari returned home later Tuesday night after she went missing for several hours in Lahore, police told Geo News. Bukhari, who is also a political analyst, was on her way to a TV news station in Lahore where she was due to appear as an analyst on a late night show […]