File photo of Balochistan MPA Sultan Tareen. PHOTO: CPS
A sitting Balochistan Assembly member was kidnapped from Kuchlack early on Tuesday, Radio Pakistan reported.
MPA Sultan Tareen, of the Awami National Party (ANP), was travelling to Harnai from the provincial capital when he was abducted.
Later in the day, the abduction was confirmed by ANP's senator Haji Adeel. He told media gathered outside the Parliament in Islamabad that the kidnappers had demanded Rs500 million as ransom.
According to Adeel “four cars stopped his [Sultan Tareen] car. It seemed that the cars belonged to agencies and people [gunmen] who came out were wearing uniforms."
"They boarded Tareen's car and they all kept driving him around Quetta until morning.”
Adeel said that at dawn, the armed men offloaded Tareen's driver and car. “The driver and the car were abandoned at dawn with a message that they wanted Rs500 million ransom.”
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Hey tribune, this is exactly what you DON'T do when a kidnapping for ransom occurs. You're playing into the captors hands by putting this up on the front page. Expect the ransom amount to inrease shortly
@baloch:
I don't think it is Army's responsibility to protect lawmakers. It is "democratically elected government's" responsibility to provide security through police!
considering the frequency of kidnapping the government should accord activities of abduction the status of industry and can explore the possibility to levy tax on the ransom amount. What more can be expected from the government and administration which is unable to protect its lawmaker/ citizen. ?.
@Trilogy
Tareen is a major tribe of Sarbani Pashtuns. All Durrani tribes happen to be descendants of Tareen tribe.
So sad. Army should apologise for not being able to provide security to even lawmakers.
May Allah protect him.. Ameen