GWADAR: Four people, including the Vice Chancellor and Pro Vice Chancellor of Gwadar University, have reportedly been abducted after going missing while travelling from Gwadar to Quetta, officials said Thursday.
According to family sources, both the senior-most Gwadar University academics were travelling to Quetta in an official vehicle.
Sources in the Gwadar University said that both officials were possibly abducted along with their vehicle in Mastung as the contact with both was severed after they reached near about Mastung.
Security officials said they were trying their best to trace both the officers who went missing from near Kund Imrani Khud Kucha where armed men had erected a picket and checked vehicles.
According to Balochistan Home Ministry spokesman Babar Yousafzai, four people including vice chancellor and pro-vice chancellor were abducted by the gunmen. The other two were identified as their private secretary Dr Irshad and the driver, the spokesman added.
He said the security forces have cordoned off the area after the incident
Deputy Commissioner Mastung Bahram Saleem confirmed the incident and stated that authorities are maintaining constant contact with the families. He added that communication was lost after the officials reached the Mastung region, while all available resources are being utilized to determine their location.
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