{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_njt4louhqg7eswvtxrwa","title":"Abducted Kharan DC freed in Quetta after tribal elders intervene","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/abducted-kharan-dc-freed-in-quetta-after-tribal-elders-intervene-njt4louhqg","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_njt4louhqg7eswvtxrwa","seq":1469734,"kind":"article","title":"Abducted Kharan DC freed in Quetta after tribal elders intervene","url":"https://www.dawn.com/news/2034355/abducted-kharan-dc-freed-in-quetta-after-tribal-elders-intervene","summary":"QUETTA: Kharan Deputy Commissioner Munir Ahmed Soomro was released safely on Friday after nearly two weeks in captivity following negotiations between local tribal elders and the armed men who abducted him on the Noshki-Kharan highway last month, officials said. Mr Soomro was seized at gunpoint on Sept 20 while travelling from Quetta to Kharan in a private car. Unidentified armed men intercepted the car in the Lajah area of Kharan district and abducted the deputy…","published":"2026-10-03T02:55:42Z","seen":"2026-10-03T03:37:38Z","lang":"en","country":"PK","source":{"id":"kite-dawn-com-66ec2f","name":"dawn.com","domain":"dawn.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q1178770","name":"Dawn","type":"newspaper","country":"PK","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-dawn-com-66ec2f","topics":["pakistan"],"authors":["author"],"entities":[{"id":"Q1740586","name":"Kharan","type":"place"},{"id":"Q185458","name":"Quetta","type":"place"}],"image":"https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2026/10/030752539a319d5.webp","story":"st_njt4louhqg7eswvtxrwa","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.3499999940395355,"sentiment":"positive","tone":0.20000000298023224,"political":0.25}]}