Overview
- Police report that at least 14 workers were seized in separate strikes in Khuzdar and Barkhan over the past 24 hours.
- In Khuzdar’s Molla area, nine were taken from a construction camp, including project manager Gul Sher, with two abductees from Sindh.
- In Barkhan near the Dhola River, gunmen attacked a stone-crushing plant, opened fire, damaged machinery and abducted workers, with police now citing five taken after earlier reports of three.
- Attackers also overpowered a nearby police post and seized weapons from three officers before fleeing.
- Police, Levies and Frontier Corps teams are searching for the abductors, security has been tightened, no arrests or recoveries have been announced, and no group has claimed responsibility.