17 sugar mill workers remain missing after abduction in DI Khan
Seventeen sugar mill workers remain missing after being abducted by armed men from a bus in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. Local residents have blocked the Indus Highway to protest the incident and demand the workers' safe recovery.
Why it matters
The abduction highlights the volatile security situation in parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the resulting civil unrest.
--> Home Pakistan 17 sugar mill workers remain missing after abduction in K-P's DI Khan Five abducted passengers released; residents block Indus Highway in Dera to demand recovery
facebook --> twitter --> whatsup --> linkded --> email MORE (3) Messenger Whatsapp --> Photo: Facebook DI KHAN: At least 17 sugar mill workers remained missing after unidentified armed men abducted passengers and workers from a passenger coach and a sugar mill bus near Cheera Minor on the Indus Highway in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Dera Ismail Khan, while several passengers have been released.
According to reports, the incident occurred on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday within the jurisdiction of Paroa Police Station. Armed men intercepted a coach travelling from Dera Ghazi Khan to Rawalpindi and took several passengers away. Reports also emerged that security guards travelling in a sugar mill bus were abducted.
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