Pakistani Taliban Releases Video of Abducted Labourers Pleading for Help

The Pakistani Taliban released a video showing four abducted labourers pleading with Punjab Chief Minister Maryum Nawaz for their release. The labourers were kidnapped from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province last month, and their colleagues were rescued soon after. The abductors' demands have not been publicized.

On Wednesday, the banned Pakistani Taliban terror outfit released a purported video featuring four labourers, who had been abducted last month. The captives are seen pleading with Punjab Chief Minister Maryum Nawaz to secure their release, as their lives are in danger, police reported.

Thirteen labourers working on electric transmission lines were kidnapped by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants from Tank district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on June 29. While police managed to rescue nine workers a few hours after the abduction, four remain in captivity.

The video, distributed by a lesser-known TTP-affiliated group Aildum Baildum, shows the labourers sitting on the ground, handcuffed and blindfolded, imploring the Punjab chief minister to intervene and ensure their safe release. The TTP's demands have not been publicly disclosed.