Four councillors and two candidates abducted ahead of local government polls in Balochistan

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Two candidates of National Party for local government elections have been abducted from Turbat on Wednesday whereas four unopposed councillors were seized on Thursday. According to details two National Party ward councillors were abducted at gun point from Dasht Khadan area of Turbat. The abducted councillors have been named as Zaffar Haider and Rauf Taj Baloch. Another four councillors who were declared winner unopposed have been abducted on Thursday from Balnegwar area of Dasht. According to Business Standard, a Levies official, who asked not to be named, said 13 suspected militants kidnapped the four men from Dasht area of Kech district. “Since morning, we are clueless about the whereabouts of the kidnapped men,” he said. The abducted councillors have been identified as Javid Iqba, Abdul Qadir, Saleem Baloch and Behram. Meanwhile the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) in a statement claimed that it has taken into custody some LB polls candidates from Dasht Negwar on Wednesday and Thursday, who are being investigated by the organisation. BLF spokesman Gwahram Baloch appealed the Baloch people to stay away from the parliamentarians and avoid signing the ‘document their slavery’. The spokesman further warned: “Those who try to expand the state system will be on target. Nation should boycott elections on the two days of vote [local body’s polls].”