Our Correspondent Chaman
The body of abducted Awami National Party press secretary Asad Khan Achakzai has been recovered, local police claimed on Saturday.
According to reports, Achakzai’s body was recovered from Quetta airport on the indication of the kidnapper. A team of police officials, headed by a magistrate, identified the body and shifted it to Civil Hospital, Quetta.
The ANP press secretary was abducted five months ago from Quetta Airport Road by unidentified individuals, prompting ANP provincial leaders to block the Chaman-Quetta highway that resulted in a food shortage in the city.
However, the highway was later reopened on humanitarian grounds and protests were shifted outside DC Chaman’s office.
Following the recovery, authorities revealed that the ANP leader was shot and killed on the day of his abduction.
Quetta police had caught the kidnapper a few days ago, who confirmed the martyrdom of Achakzai during interrogation.
