Investigations under way to recover Chinese nationals from Quetta

QUETTA: Police have registered a case over the kidnapping of two Chinese nationals who were abducted from Quetta’s Jinnah Town on Wednesday.

The case, which has been registered by Jinnah Town police, includes charges of kidnapping and terrorism.

Moreover, a three-member investigation team under the leadership of DIG Counter-Terrorism Department has been formed to probe the case, informed Balochistan Inspector General of Police Ahsan Mehboob.

The team also includes SSP Investigation and SP Saddar.

Two foreign nationals kidnapped from Quetta

The husband and wife were working at a Korean language centre since the last year

Police are collaborating with other law enforcement agencies for the safe recovery of the kidnapped Chinese nationals, the province's top cop remarked.

Balochistan government spokesperson Anwarullah Haq Kakar, talking to Geo News, said investigations are under way to trace the couple. He added that authorities are doing their best to ensure the couple is not smuggled out of the city by the perpetrators. 

The couple were kidnapped while they were eating food at a local eatery on Wednesday afternoon. 

The husband and wife, identified as Li Zang Hing and Ming Leassi Ha, were working at a language centre in Jinnah Town where they were teaching Chinese for more than a year.

China vows maximum effort to recover citizens 

China said on Thursday it will do all it can to ensure the safe return of two citizens kidnapped in Pakistan and it promised new measures to protect Chinese people and companies working in the country, an important link on its Silk Road infrastructure plan.

"China will continue to make maximal efforts alongside Pakistan to strive for the safe return of the kidnapped individuals as soon as possible,” foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a regular briefing in Beijing.

"We will also take further actions to ensure the safety of Chinese individuals and organisations in Pakistan,” he added.