Search to continue for missing teens in border region of Balochistan

Author: Staff Report

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: At least eight teenagers, aged between 18 and 20, went missing on June 20 from Hayatullah neighbourhood in the city of Dera Ismail Khan, often abbreviated to D.I. Khan, in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

Reportedly, their families lodged complaints in a local police station, reporting that they did not return home since the evening of June 20.

While talking to a private TV channel, the station house officer (SHO) Damm Saaz said that a few of the missing teenagers had visited Ragasar, a border area of Balochistan, during Eid holidays, however none of them contacted their families.

Meanwhile, the area police have started investigation into the incident.

Published in Daily Times, June 28th 2018.

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