The Ahmadiyya community had been at the militants’ hit-list particularly for kidnappings for ransom.
ISLAMABAD:
Majid* was fortunate enough to see his family. But others from the Ahmadiyya community abducted by the Taliban are not.
Majid was in militants’ captivity for over six months at an unknown location in Miramshah tribal area. He was abducted from Sihala in December last year while on his way back home from his oil mills. His father, a billionaire, paid a hefty amount, at least Rs8 billion, to buy back his son’s life and freedom.
Not everyone survives. Colleagues of Inspector Rana Pervaiz, another person from the community, fear he may have died in militants’ captivity.
Pervaiz, mistaken for an Ahmadi property dealer Rana Tassaduq*, was kidnapped from Tarnol on the outskirts of Islamabad by militants from the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Punjab (Asmatullah Muyawia Group). The group had kidnapped Majid the same month.
“Currently, we do not know where he (pervaiz) is being kept, or even if he is alive,” said a senior police official.
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