Army, FC continues operation to recover kidnapped tourists: Minister

QUETTA: Haji Noor Muhammad Dumar, Senior Minister for Planning and Development and provincial General Secretary, Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), while condemning the kidnapping of tourists from Wirchum area of district Ziarat, has said that no one would be permitted to vitiate law and order situation in Ziarat, a peaceful area of Balochistan.

In a statement issued here on Wednesday, he said that search operation of Pak Army, Frontier Corps (FC), Balochistan and district administration was underway to recover the kidnapped tourists, adding that whoever was found involved in kidnapping the tourists would be brought to justice soon.

Making an appeal to the brave people of Ziarat to extend maximum assistance to the security forces in the ongoing operation launched for the safe recovery of abducted tourists, he said that any suspicious activity in the area be brought immediately into the notice of district administration.

Issuing directives to the concerned authorities for making foolproof security arrangements within the jurisdiction of district Ziarat, he said that the lives, properties and honour of tourists coming to Ziarat be ensured at all cost.