QUETTA: Unidentified gunmen looted around Rs 60 million from the convoy
of a Qatari minister in Kech district of Balochistan on Thursday.
According to sources in the Levies Force, Qatar’s Petroleum Minister
Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah Thani-Al Thanki was passing with his convoy
through Kolva area of Kech district, when a group of armed men
intercepted them and held them hostage at gunpoint. The men later
searched all members of the convoy, including the Qatari minister, and
made away with around Rs 60 million. Sources said that the Qatari
minister had come to Kech district for a private hunting trip. Levies
have registered a case and started a search operation in the area.
Several Arab dignitaries have been allotted special permits for hunting
in different parts of Balochistan, including Kech district. staff report