Targeted: Government official killed in Tank

Three kidnapped in separate incidents.


Our Correspondents November 25, 2014

LANDIKOTAL/ DI KHAN: The bullet-riddled body of tehsil municipal official Kaleem Nawaz was found in Pir Kutch area of Tank on Monday night while a revenue official was kidnapped by unidentified men on Tuesday.

Patwari Ghulam Dastageer was abducted from Tank bus stop, a police official told The Express Tribune. No organisation has claimed responsibility for the two incidents. Police have registered separate cases and investigation is under way.

Meanwhile, two officials of Frontier Works Organization (FWO) were allegedly abducted from Landikotal tehsil of Khyber Agency late Monday night.



Levies official Swalzar Khan said two FWO officials, Jalat Khan and Kamran, went missing on Monday evening. They were returning home from work in Torkham when they were abducted.

Their families reported the absence after which levies officials launched a search operation, which was expanded to Torkham and surrounding areas in the morning. However, the whereabouts of the officials are yet to be known. No arrests were made till the filing of this report and the operation is still under way.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 26th, 2014.

COMMENTS

Replying to X

Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.

For more information, please see our Comments FAQ