Truck driver kidnapped

Published September 18, 2014

DERA MURAD JAMALI: A group of armed men kidnapped a truck driver from Bakhtiarabad area of Nasirabad on Wednesday.

Levies officials said that Abdul Baqi Achakzai was going to Sindh via Quetta-Sukkur national highway in his truck when four armed men on motorcycles intercepted his vehicle and whisked him away.

After the incident, truck drivers blocked the highway. However, after assurance from authorities they ended the protest.

Published in Dawn, September 18th , 2014

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