Ex- advocate general Mir Salahuddin Mengal kidnapped in Quetta

QUETTA: Supreme Court lawyer and former advocate general Mir Salahuddin Mengal was kidnapped outside his residence on Wednesday, police said.

The police said that five unidentified armed men traveling in a vehicle intercepted his vehicle near his house when he was returning home from the High Court along with his younger brother and kidnapped him.

A strike call has been given in Balochistan against the kidnapping where court proceedings would be boycotted on Thursday.