Arab Shaikh’s camp attacked in Balochistan
The attackers torched the camp and took off with weapons and two land cruisers.
Qatar’s Petroleum Minister Shaikh Ali Bin Abdullah. PHOTO: APP
QUETTA:
A group of armed men stormed a makeshift camp set up by Qatar’s Petroleum Minister Shaikh Ali Bin Abdullah and killed a member of the Balochistan Levies force, identified as Ayub Shah Dost, on Tuesday.
Shaikh Ali was on a hunting trip in the Zamuran area of Buleda, Kech district at the time of the attack.
Speaking to The Express Tribune, Deputy Commissioner Kech Abdul Hameed Abro confirmed that the “Arab Shaikh was not present inside the camp when incident took place”.
According to a constable of Balochistan Levies in Buleda, armed men took off with two Kalashnikovs, a private weapon and two land cruisers.
“They torched the camp and a private vehicle before fleeing,” he said.
Members of royal families seek a no objection certificate (NOC) from the government before coming to different parts of Balochistan for hunting trips. There are several camps set up by the royal families of Qatar, Saudi Arabia as well as Kech, Chagai, Naushki and Jhal Magsi areas.
The attackers have not been identified but the local administration launched a search in the area.
In February, 2012, a group of armed men had also robbed Ali Bin Abdullah in the same area.
Balochistan, the most deprived province of the country, is a flashpoint for a separatist insurgency and sectarian violence since 2004. The insurgency, however, became deadlier following the killing of Jamhoori Watan Party leader Nawab Akbar Bugti in a military operation in 2006.
A group of armed men stormed a makeshift camp set up by Qatar’s Petroleum Minister Shaikh Ali Bin Abdullah and killed a member of the Balochistan Levies force, identified as Ayub Shah Dost, on Tuesday.
Shaikh Ali was on a hunting trip in the Zamuran area of Buleda, Kech district at the time of the attack.
Speaking to The Express Tribune, Deputy Commissioner Kech Abdul Hameed Abro confirmed that the “Arab Shaikh was not present inside the camp when incident took place”.
According to a constable of Balochistan Levies in Buleda, armed men took off with two Kalashnikovs, a private weapon and two land cruisers.
“They torched the camp and a private vehicle before fleeing,” he said.
Members of royal families seek a no objection certificate (NOC) from the government before coming to different parts of Balochistan for hunting trips. There are several camps set up by the royal families of Qatar, Saudi Arabia as well as Kech, Chagai, Naushki and Jhal Magsi areas.
The attackers have not been identified but the local administration launched a search in the area.
In February, 2012, a group of armed men had also robbed Ali Bin Abdullah in the same area.
Balochistan, the most deprived province of the country, is a flashpoint for a separatist insurgency and sectarian violence since 2004. The insurgency, however, became deadlier following the killing of Jamhoori Watan Party leader Nawab Akbar Bugti in a military operation in 2006.