PESHAWAR, May 25: A senior doctor and his driver were kidnapped by unidentified persons near Mathani area while travelling from Peshawar to Southern Bannu district Saturday night.

Family sources said that Dr Mohammad Younas, who is presently officer on special duty in the Health Directorate, was going to his native Bannu district when some unidentified persons kidnapped him at gun point along with driver. The culprits have also taken away his vehicle. Dr Younas is a former head of the Provincial Aids Control Programme.

An official of Mathani police station, on the outskirts of the provincial capital on Kohat Road, expressed ignorance about the incident. He stated that they had also heard about it but none of the family members or friends of the kidnapped doctor had approached them in that regard. He added that they had not registered any FIR of the alleged occurrence. — Bureau Report