Three coal miners abducted from Mach

Published October 9, 2025
Image shows dump trucks haul coal and sediment at a coal mine. — Reuters
Image shows dump trucks haul coal and sediment at a coal mine. — Reuters

QUETTA: Three coal miners were abducted at gunpoint from the Mach coalfield in Kachhi district of Nasirabad division on Wednesday.

Police officials said that a group of armed men entered a privately run mine in the Mach area and forced the workers to accompany them. Security forces and police reached the site soon after the incident and launched a search operation to recover the captives.

No arrests had been made by late night on Wednesday, and no group immediately claimed responsibility for the abduction.

Published in Dawn, October 9th, 2025

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