DERA ISMAIL KHAN: An officer of the communication and works department, Tank district, along with two colleagues was abducted from the site of a China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project here the other day.

A police official confirmed on Saturday that the official was kidnapped along with his two colleagues.

He said that sub-divisional officer of C&W, Tank, Muqarrab Khan, along with two colleagues, including an accountant and a driver, was taken away from the CPEC project site in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday by unidentified armed men.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for kidnapping the three officials.

Published in Dawn, October 13th, 2024

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