Sixteen Kidnapped for Ransom in Chagai
Pakistan Times National News Desk

CHAGAI: Six armed men stopped two pick-ups coming from Afghanistan on Sunday and took hostage sixteen passengers on Sunday officials said.

Rasool and Wali Khan and shifted the captives including women and children to some unknown place and demanded heavy ransom for their release.

123 arrested for illegal entry into Iran

Another report says that Taftan Levies Force arrested 123 Pakistanis who had crossed into Iranian territory without valid travelling documents on Sunday.

Border officials say all were handed over by Iranian authorities to them. They wanted to proceed to some European destination in search of jobs.

UN team to register Afghan voters in Chagai

A United Nations monitoring team arrived in Dalbandin, the district headquarters of Chagai and met with Afghan refugees elders in Girdi Jungle refugee camp on Sunday.

The team belonging to UN's International Monitoring Organisation will set up a field office at Dalbandin and stay there for two months to register Afghan refugees in electoral list to enable them to cast their votes in coming Afghan presidential elections.

Polling stations will be set up at various points in the district for the purpose, the officials said.●