Asad Tareen was abducted by unidentified persons on May 20 this year in Tarata area. PHOTO: EXPRESS
“Asad Khan Tareen, the 28-year-old son of Local Bodies Minister Sardar Mustafa Khan Tareen, was recovered from the Dolangi area of Gulistan tehsil in Qilla Abdullah district,” said Abdul Wahid Kakar, the deputy commissioner of Pishin. “Tareen is apprently in good health,” he said.
Balochistan minister's son kidnapped
Earlier in the day, security forces launched search operations in different areas of Pishin and Qilla Abdullah districts and raided compounds in an Afghan refugee camp in Surkhab area.
Tareen, a mess administrator at a cadet college, went missing after he headed out on May 20. Later it turned out that he was abducted. It is unclear whether Tareen’s recovery was the result of some agreement or ransom payment.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 9th, 2016.
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