Pak utility workers kidnapped near Baluchistan border

Kidnappers snatched 10 employees of Pakistan’s main water and power utility near the key gas-producing region of Baluchistan where up t...

Kidnappers snatched 10 employees of Pakistan’s main water and power utility near the key gas-producing region of Baluchistan where up to 18 people have been killed in tribal violence since last week, officials said on Wednesday.

The employees of the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) were abducted late on Tuesday in Rajanpur, on the border between Sindh and Baluchistan provinces, WAPDA chairman Tariq Hameed said.

The abductions took place about 40 km (25 miles) northeast of Sui, scene of several clashes since last Friday between security forces and Baluch tribesmen seeking greater autonomy in which as many as 18 people have died.

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Gunmen from the Marri tribe stormed facilities operated by the Pakistan Petroleum Ltd (PPL) in Sui on Tuesday. Military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan said three paramilitary soldiers were killed.

The incident prompted President Pervez Musharraf to warned tribesmen in a television interview on Tuesday to stop fighting or ‘‘they will not know what hit them’’. He said “outside forces” were providing help to the tribesmen. —Reuters

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