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‘Govt accepts BLUF demands for John Solecki’s release’

* Balochistan government announces top-level committee to investigate captors’ demands

LAHORE: The government has accepted the demands of the Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF) in exchange for the recovery of John Solecki, head of the United Nations refugee agency in Quetta, a private TV channel quoted its sources as saying on Thursday.

However, no confirmation was made at the official level about the acceptance of the demands, the channel said.

According to the channel, seven of the 141 missing women had been identified and a high-powered committee would submit a report in a few days.

Separately, according to another news channel, the Balochistan government said in a statement that the list of 1,109 alleged missing persons provided by the BLUF was being ‘intensively’ scrutinised.

According to the statement, 45 persons had already been traced, a few of whom were at their houses while a few were in judicial custody for their alleged involvement in criminal cases.

Committee: Balochistan Chief Minister Aslam Raisani announced a top-level committee to investigate the captors’ demands.

“We have set up a high-level committee, including high-ranking officials and politicians, to locate the whereabouts of the alleged missing persons listed by the Balochistan Liberation United Front,” the provincial government said in a statement, AFP reported.

The Balochistan home secretary will work as secretary of the committee. The committee, headed by the Balochistan chief minister, invited the female members of the provincial assembly to assist in identifying and locating the allegedly missing women in the province, the statement said.

It said once the provincial authorities scrutinised the list, the report would be submitted to the committee constituted for further guidance. Further cases of missing persons would also be processed simultaneously, it said.

Solecki was abducted at gunpoint from the city of Quetta while travelling to work on February 2. His driver was killed during the abduction. daily times monitor/staff report/afp

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