DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Judicial superintendent of the Upper South Waziristan district sessions court, Asfandyar Ahmad, was abducted from his residence in Tank district in the early hours of Saturday, police said.
The district police officer said armed men abducted the official from his home at around 2am.
Mr Ahmad had been residing in Tank and was serving as superintendent at the sessions court located in the deputy commissioner’s compound in Upper South Waziristan, the police said.
Following the incident, Tank police launched a search operation to recover the abducted official and identify those responsible.
Checkpoints were also established at various locations as part of efforts to trace the suspects, police said.