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Balochistan higher education secretary abducted from Quetta
Armed men kidnapped Balochistan Higher Education Secretary Abdullah Jan in Quetta on Wednesday morning, police sources said.
They said unidentified gunmen picked up the official from Quetta's Sabzal Road area when he was on his way to work.
Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri took notice of the kidnapping and directed the inspector general of police to ensure his immediate recovery. A search operation was launched in various parts of Quetta to recover the secretary.
Jan's abduction comes at a time when Pakistan's 6th census is underway throughout the country and a large number of government employees, including those from the education department, are participating in the process.
Earlier on Tuesday, suspected militants had kidnapped three government school teachers in Balochistan's Awaran district.
The three teachers were reportedly returning from a training session facilitated by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics for the national census.
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How long this cat and mouse game will continue?
Why kidnapping is so very easy in Pakistan?
When we will control these activities
The census will clearly root out the illegal immigrants and the people amongst them who work for foreign agencies.
Hidden hands getting active again.
What about the commonersame when even the life of these so called high security government officials in not safe?
The nation is united against activities of raw.
Time to crackdown hard to uphold rule of law.
A question mark for the security agencies of the province.