Islamabad: Armed men kidnapped on Sunday three relatives of former Baluchistan governor Nawab Zulfiqar Magsi in Mastung district in northwest of Baluchistan province, Pakistan.
The gang kidnapped Mehrullah Magsi and other relatives of the former Baluchistan governor from Dasht Tehsil, officials said yesterday.
Three Magsi tribesmen were coming back from Jhal Magsi to Quetta when they were picked up by armed men in Dasht.
Police launched a search operation in the area to free the tribesmen. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
The province of Baluchistan is an arid, desert and mountainous region on the Iranian plateau in southwestern Asia, northwest of the Arabian Sea near the Persian Gulf. It mainly includes southwestern Pakistan, southeastern Iran and a very small section of southwestern Afghanistan. Agencies
