Reasons Unknown: Schoolteacher abducted in Orakzai

HANGU: A schoolteacher was allegedly kidnapped in the Mazeedkhel area of Sheikhan in Orakzai Agency by unidentified men on Thursday morning. An official of Orakzai Agency’s education department said Muhammad Ilyas, a resident of Mandti Mashti, was en route to work when, according to eyewitnesses, he was abducted. The motive behind the incident and the teacher’s current location were not ascertained till the filing of this report. The case was registered by agency political administration and investigation is under way.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 27^th, 2015.