Police have recovered the bodies of six labourers abducted by armed assailants from Nasirabad, Balochistan. Reports confirm that four of the deceased, who were all kidnapped from Kalatak, hailed from Punjab, while two belonged to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Security sources on Thursday confirmed that the victims were martyred by militants belonging to Fitna al-Hindustan were engaged in local development projects when militants intercepted and seized them.
Prior to the abduction of the six workers, the attackers had also killed another labourer named Javed in the area on July 27. Authorities transported the bodies to hospital facilities for medico-legal procedures before arranging transfer to their native towns for burial.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi strongly condemned the killings, stating that the attackers displayed “extreme brutality” by targeting innocent workers. He emphasized that the atrocity constituted a direct attack on regional development and local livelihoods, declaring that the culprits responsible for the “ruthless murder” of the non-local labourers deserved no leniency.
He further added, that during the difficult time the government of Pakistan would stand in solidarity with the famililies of the victims and share their grief.
Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti similarly condemned the tragedy, labelling it an “inhuman” and clear act of terrorism while vowing to bring the perpetrators to justice.
