Police cordon off area and search operation is underway. PHOTO: PPI/FILE
Umar, who is also an inspector for an intelligence agency, left his house in Garden Town for work when men on two motorcycles forced him into a car that was accompanying them and fled the area. The attackers on motorcycles were wearing black t-shirts similar to those worn by the police.
SP Cantt Multan said that were six to seven kidnappers.
Umar is also the son of Wahid Jillani, the former chairman of Bahawalpur Development Authority.
Fiza Gilani tweeted about the kidnapping:
Another kidnapping in the family & that too from Multan. May Allah protect all those kidnapped by these barbarians http://t.co/yxlHSH4X3z
— Fiza Batool Gilani (@Fiza_Gilani) June 16, 2014
Investigation underway
During a meeting in Lahore headed by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, the CM asked the Multan regional police officer (RPO) to present a report on the kidnapping.
He also constituted a special team, headed by the RPO, to recover the CJP's nephew. The team was instructed to find the victim within 24 hours.
Security forces have cordoned off the area and a search operation is underway. Intelligence officers are coordinating with the City Police Officer (CPO) to conduct the search.
Check posts have been set up at exit and entry points of the city and security forces are checking number plates of vehicles before letting them through.
Police had tracked the victim's mobile phone to the Aziz Hotel Chowk at the time of the kidnapping. Ten minutes after that the phone was tracked to the Civil Hospital Chowk and then to Ghanta Ghar, after which it was switched off.
The reason for the kidnapping could not be ascertained at this time.
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I know him very well cause he is not only my class mate he my best friend ever .....i really miss him every day i just wait for good news regarding him and also saw him in my dreams only cause of him kindness ....and also share one thing when my friends meet him they ask me i was had never see a lovely person like omer ... i spend 10 years with him so i know him very welll when you meet him (INSHALLAH) i will waiting for your remarks..
It the beginning now when these forces n agencies will reap their crop planted during General Zia n slowly ripening due to inequality n injustice with the poor people of this country.in the subsequent governments till date.
Seems to be a pressure tactic on the CJ to free Mush... by Mush lovers... we all know who they are.
How cruel of (most of) you calling it all tit-for-tat. Get out of the blame game. Judiciary's job is only to decide whether the accuses is guilty or not guilty based on the evidence provided. Our LEAs need to provide better proof instead of hunches. Pointless bashing of courts is just..pointless.
@Umer:
The same forces who serve to protect people like me and you
@Umer Why don't you move to Afghanistan then?
@Javeria Mujahid:
In Pakistan, us common people are not considered important enough. Only if you were born rich or make tons of ill-gotten money after birth, like most of our politicians did, are you considered human so do not be surprised. CM Punjab knows which life is important for him and the rest be damned.
judiciary should take up all the civil cases pending for years,instead of involving itself in political cases...this the time to take of Arsalan case
This reminds us of a similar kidnapping few days before the general elections a year ago!
This shows the need for doing "OPERATION" in the cities and towns of Pakistan before taking it to FATA. We must clean our home first and then take the fight to the enemy's territory.
@PROPAKISTANI:
You mean the same forces who have created and nourished taliban for so long and in whose support recently all banned outfits came out? Doesn't look like forces have our best interest at heart and this is not helping me sleep in peace at night.
Its amazing how Shabaz Sharif acts when its some influential person's relative who gets picked up or goes missing. Are the common people's relatives not human beings? Why is it that the CM Punjab does not care or order 'immediate action' when some poor person's relative gets abducted? I guess this shows that the rulers believe the common man has a different color of blood compared to the rulers and their so-called 'elite' friends.
Honorable CJP, should we count your nephew as part of missing persons ?
That is ISI. Amazing that even these guys are not safe any more. As you sow so shall you reap.
When is there going to be an operation in Punjab?
Atleast CJ will also understand the pain now.
Must be apprehended in a day or two otherwise its going to be same as Jilani or taseer case my deepest sympathies are with affected families
When poor are forced to sell their children, the next is price tag on children of rich. If the poor are committing suicide, watch and witness when the rich will soon be shot by them
Our hear goes out for the CJ and the affected family. But may the judicial high ups will have the real feeling of pain inflicted by the families of missing persons.
All efforts should be made by the government to recover him This act is highly condemn able
Seems judges' easy handling of terrorists hasn't paid off. Don't milk the snake, as they will still bite you.
Blame games can commence later. For now, let's show some sympathy for the victim as well as support for the forces tasked to recover him. Why do we always focus on useless, self-destructive comments?
This is what happens when the courts release terrorists that security agencies capture. As you sow, so shall you reap.
When justice is not done across the board and not done so it is seen to be done......THEN THINGS LIKE THIS WILL HAPPEN