Ziarat assistant commissioner, son abducted; official vehicle set ablaze

QUETTA: Unidentified armed men abducted Assistant Commissioner Ziarat Muhammad Afzal along with his son on Sunday and set their official vehicle on fire. Security forces have launched a search operation to recover the hostages.

According to Deputy Commissioner Ziarat, Zakaullah Durani, the assistant commissioner had gone to the tourist spot Zezri with his son when the assailants held them, along with their gunman and driver, at gunpoint. The kidnappers later released the gunman and driver but took away the assistant commissioner and his son, fleeing the scene after torching the official vehicle.

Security forces and local administration cordoned off the area and began a search operation, but no breakthrough in the recovery of the abductees has been reported so far. It is worth noting that two months ago, Assistant Commissioner Tump, Mohammad Hanif Norzai, was also kidnapped.