Four workers of an oil and gas exploration company were shot dead after being abducted from the Speen Wam area of North Waziristan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on October 23, reports The Express Tribune.The workers – including a foreman, a driver, an FC security guard and a labourer – belonged to Maripur Oil and Gas Exploration Company.They were shot by unidentified assailants and left to die in a vehicle which was also set on fire.The workers had been abducted while on their way to a field, according to the North Waziristan Deputy Commissioner.
Separately, two Security Force (SF) personnel were injured in when unidentified militants attack a SF check post at Khola tehsil (revenue unit) in North Waziristan District on October 23, reports The Express Tribune. However, there were no reports of any arrest.
Meanwhile, a former Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Syed Khan Wazir alias Iqbal was seriously injured as a bomb went off near his vehicle in Miranshah area of North Waziristan Districton October 23, reports The Express Tribune. Just months back, Iqbal had surrendered to the SFs.