KUWAIT CITY, Aug 20: Insurgents in Iraq have abducted a bus including 11 Pakistanis and demanded in return KD 60,000 to release them, sources told Dawn. According to reliable sources the labourers were hired by a local construction company, Al Hamrah and were sent to Iraq a week ago but still have not reached to their destination. They said the kidnapped bus containing 11 Pakistanis, three Egyptians and two Indians
The bus carrying mostly labourers, drivers, and electricians were kidnapped near Nasaryia area of Iraq and the abductors have demanded KD 60,000 to release them, sources added.
Kidnapped Pakistanis were identified as Abdul Lal from Rawalpindi, Qazafi from Lahore, Zahid Khan, Noor Rehman, Tehsil and Musafar from Warsak Peshawar. Relatives of the kidnapped Pakistanis in Kuwait have demanded an immediate intervention of embassy and government of Pakistan for their secured release.
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