Five Pakistani soldiers, including a Major, were martyred during a sanitization operation conducted by security forces in the Barkhan area of Balochistan. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed the casualties.

QUETTA: Armed men abducted 14 workers of a construction company wor­king on a government project and at a crushing plant at two different places in Khuzdar and Barkhan districts of Balochistan, police said on Sunday. A senior police officer said the armed men barged into the construction company’s camp in Mula area, some 60 km from Khuzdar, and kidnapped 11 workers including a project manager. “Six labourers belonged to Sindh province who were working with the com­pany while five others are r...