Pakistan deploys paramilitary forces to rescue abducted footballers
Al JazeeraSix footballers in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan remain missing since they were abducted over the weekend in Dera Bugti district as provincial authorities deployed paramilitary forces to rescue the players. “All efforts are being utilised to recover the abducted sportsmen and law enforcement officials have already launched a search operation in the area and we are expecting a major breakthrough in the next 24 hours,” Jan Achakzai, the interim provincial information minister, told Al Jazeera. Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti also wrote in his message on X, formerly known as Twitter, that paramilitary forces were conducting an operation to bring back the abducted footballers. ‘We are in shock’ “My brother Babar Ali left the home around 9am in the morning, along with a few other players from the area to participate in the football tournament.
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