Kidnapped: Trader abducted in Khuzdar

QUETTA: A group of armed men kidnapped a shopkeeper from the Nall area in Khuzdar district, about 300-kilometre off Quetta, on Friday. According to Balochistan Levies sources, Abdul Qadir, son of Haji Mohammad Ishaq, an owner of utility store, was kidnapped near his shop in Nall by a group of armed men. “It could be a case of kidnapping for ransom,” an official said, adding that investigations are under way to trace the kidnappers.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 21^st, 2012.