Professors Abducted, Released in Insurgency-Plagued Region of Pakistan
Professors Abducted, Released in Insurgency-Plagued Region of Pakistan
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QUETTA Shabbir Shahwani was one of three professors kidnapped on Nov. 29 while traveling from their university in Balochistan.
After being pulled from their car and taken to a remote area, Shahwani struggled with one question: Should he remove his blindfold or not?
“The decision would either grant me freedom or a bullet in my head,” he said.
Ultimately, the three found freedom after the harrowing episode.
Shahwani, an assistant professor at the University of Balochistan, and his colleagues were on their way to supervise candidates during an examination. They were taken to a deserted area several miles outside Quetta, the capital of the insurgency-plagued Balochistan province of Pakistan, and eventually released by their abductors.