KARACHI: Two ‘missing’ aides of former president Asif Ali Zardari were recovered safely from the captivity of kidnappers during a joint operation in Balochistan on Sunday.
“The Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC) of Karachi police with support of intelligence agencies recovered Ashfaq Leghari and Ghulam Qadir Mari from Turbat, Mand area of Balochistan,” AVCC chief SSP Tariq Dharejo told media. The two were abducted in different incidents in Karachi and Jamshoro. “The security agencies helped in tracking and cornering of the kidnapers and after lengthy negot
iations, the abductees were freed,” Dharejo said. No arrests have b
een made so far in the case, he said. Laghari’s family received an extortion call after the abduction which he
lped the recovery operation, he added. Two drivers and a gunman of Mari were also recovered.
Mari, a landlord from Tando Allahyar, went missing when he was travelling from Sehwan to Hyderabad along with his guard and a driver. While Leghari, former chief of Sindh
Peoples’ Students Federation, went missing from Gadap Town of Karachi.
Zardari’s friends went missing from different parts of Sindh last month sending the Pakistan
People’s Party into panic mode and triggering fears that it was an attempt to target the PPP leadership, particularly Zardari. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was alleged by Zardari in multiple addresses including those at rallies of having his friends abducted. The Sindh High Court h
ad recently ordered to form a joint investigation team for the recovery of Zardari’s aides.
