Kidnappers freed five officials belonging to the Balochistan Irrigation Department on Friday. The officials had been abducted from the Pasni area of Balochistan's Makran belt a day earlier. Police sources said that kidnappers freed all five hostages near Pasni. All hostages freed by kidnappers are in better condition, police said.
The officials were working on the Shadi Core Dam in Turbat when they were abducted by militants. The defunct Baloch Republican Army had claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.