Swiss couple kidnapped in Balochistan, now in Fata

[Safriz]

the question is what the hell they were doing in such a dangerous area?

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Why u all guyz are after these poor pitiful pplz....trying to survive in our landz...U all guyz shold be generous to them and help them in their problems....they are not responsible for anything wrong.....that area is lawless barren area....ppl kidnapp pplz over there for ransom....got no jobs nothing to do ....
God forbidz that such time comes on us that we have to migrate to another country to save our lives.....we will be facing the same conditions as these pitiful refugees......

Pakistan should naturalize the afghan who were born in Pakistan..

 

[Jango]

Swiss, czech, french, polish and numerous other mountaneers come regularly to pakistan, because of the immense natural beauty in the northern areas especially north of muzzafarabad and abbotabad. But what were they doing in balochistan, they cant be CIA now?, but lets pray they are found in good health.

 

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The kidnapped couple arrived at Sirki Jungle checkpoint at about 5.45 pm, registered as Swiss tourists and were allowed to enter an area controlled by tribal police, said Loralai's district police chief Ghulam Ali Lashari – File Photo by AFP

QUETTA: A Swiss couple has been kidnapped while travelling in southwestern Pakistan, a senior government official said on Friday, triggering a police search.

They were seized in a district 170 kilometres (105 miles) east of Quetta, the capital of sparsely populated Balochistan province, the official said.

“We have received reports that two Swiss nationals have been kidnapped in Loralai district,” provincial home secretary Zafarullah Baloch told AFP.

“We have sent a team comprising police and an administration official to search them,” he added.

Loralai’s district police chief Ghulam Ali Lashari said officers had found couple’s abandoned Volkswagen vehicle in Killi Nigah area.

The couple arrived at Sirki Jungle checkpoint at about 5.45 pm (1245 GMT), registered as Swiss tourists and were allowed to enter an area controlled by tribal police, Lashari said.

“According to witnesses when they were travelling in Killi Nigah area some unknown gunmen intercepted the Swiss couple and took them away to an unknown place,” he said.

Baloch and Lashari said the pair had entered Balochistan from Dera Ghazi Khan district in Punjab province and might have been heading for Quetta.

No one has yet claimed responsibility for the incident or contacted authorities about the kidnapped foreigners, he said.

Balochistan, which borders Iran and Afghanistan, has seen an upswing in violence recently, with the province suffering from a separatist insurgency, sectarian violence and Taliban militants.

Hundreds of people have died since rebels rose up in 2004 demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region’s natural oil, gas and mineral resources.

Swiss couple kidnapped in SW Pakistan: official | Provinces | DAWN.COM


Hopefully they'll be found safe.

 

[MrIndianSikh]

i hope they are found safe and sound by Pakistani forces

 

[Roybot]

Not trolling, but few days ago there was a Swiss guy on this forum, wanting to travel to Pakistan overland from Iran, through Balochistan. Hope he is safe

 

[Leader]

Not trolling, but few days ago there was a Swiss guy on this forum, wanting to travel to Pakistan overland from Iran, through Balochistan. Hope he is safe

I think he might be the same guy, since he was the one asking to travel with a lady, which might be his gf/wife.

if they are the ones kidnapped, I warned them very strongly !!!


P.S. the plan he shared, is not the one in the above case. if he deviated from his path, that would be a different case... he was originally half Aussie and half Swiss..

 

[Safriz]

Not trolling, but few days ago there was a Swiss guy on this forum, wanting to travel to Pakistan overland from Iran, through Balochistan. Hope he is safe

yesi remember his posts on theforum and most of us warned him it wont be safe.

 

[Leader]

http://www.defence.pk/forums/current-events-social-issues/100276-backpacking-through-balochistan.html

here is a link to his thread !

Loralai’s district police chief Ghulam Ali Lashari said officers had found couple’s abandoned Volkswagen vehicle in Killi Nigah area.

they were not planning to travel by personnel vehicle !

so I think its not them.

 

[somebozo]

What was this suspcious swiss couple doing there?

Two Swiss kidnapped in Balochistan

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: Jul 1, 2011 22:11 Updated: Jul 1, 2011 22:11

QUETTA: A government official says gunmen have kidnapped a Swiss man and woman in southwestern Pakistan.

The pair were eating at a hotel in the Lorali area of the Balochistan province Friday when they were abducted.

Area official Sohailur Rehman says authorities are trying to determine who the two were and what they were doing in the region. He says they had traveled from Punjab province.

Balochistan is the scene of a low-level separatist insurgency. Criminal gangs active in the region often carry out kidnappings for ransom.

© 2010 Arab News

 

[Roybot]

I think he might be the same guy, since he was the one asking to travel with a lady, which might be his gf/wife.

if they are the ones kidnapped, I warned them very strongly !!!


P.S. the plan he shared, is not the one in the above case. if he deviated from his path, that would be a different case... he was originally half Aussie and half Swiss..

Oh God this is bad news, hope he is ok.

http://www.defence.pk/forums/current-events-social-issues/100276-backpacking-through-balochistan.html

here is a link to his thread !




they were not planning to travel by personnel vehicle !

so I think its not them.

Oh ok phew, well whoever it was hope they get out safe.

Looks like it has become bit of a business now.

http://www.dawn.com/2011/07/01/huge-ransom-paid-in-pakistan-for-western-hostages.html

 

[fuse]

Our security is collapsing in Balochistan, Quetta has become a joke. Poor police guys and innocents are being blown up every week. What is the solution to this? I guess nothing but wait for Imam Mahdi or some other hogsh1t.

 

[third eye]

What was the Swiss couple doing in that part of the world ?

Surely they were educated enough to read & hear news. Unless the aim was different.

Easily not the safest place to travel.

 

[fuse]

Sometimes our idiot locals confuse potential tourists. For the sake of everything good, I can feed you the best kababs you've had, get you drunk and dance to some bhangra without being kidnapped by Balochistan Retardation Movement.

 

[nomi007]

cia agents

 

[fuse]

cia agents

I wish every detective in Pakistan follows your rule book. Lal toppi baloongra wala field guide to counter-terror ops.