ATTOCK: The Polish Engineer Mr. Peter Stanczak of Geofizyka Kraków Oil
Company who was kidnapped within the jurisdiction of police station
Basal, Attock on September 28, 2008 could not be recovered despite
strict directives of the President of Pakistan Mr.Asif Ali Zardari and
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani on the request of the polish
government even a lapse of more than three months.
Police sources said engineer Peter Stanczak was on his way to resume
his assignment in oil exploration survey in field camp of a seismic
survey company of Poland in the morning as usual in the early morning
when four ambushed gunmen appeared and opened indiscriminate firing on
the engineer's jeep and killed Frontier Constabulary guard Muhammad
Saleem, driver Anayatullah and assistant driver Riaz. The kidnappers
ran way in the own car towards Kohat District of NWFP abducting with
the polish engineer
Police said, this tragic incident took was place due to mismanagement
of the company because its management did not follow the security
instructions issued by the district police. Even, other multinational
oil exploration companies had been advised to make proper security
cover for their staffs while their movement in the oil fields of Miyal,
Khour, Dahkni and Durnol in the wake of prevailing terrorism threats in
the country. Meanwhile, a five-member investigating team led by SP
investigation Attock Raja Hassan Akhtar along with DSP investigation
Chaudhry Aslam, DSP Pindigheb circle Syed Zulfiqar Shah and the SHOs of
Basal and Jand, was also constituted on September 29, 2008, In
incidents in the country.
On the other hand, all the 20 Polish engineers and technicians of
Geofizyka Kraków Company have also winded up their business and left
Pakistan their home countries causing a set back to the oil sector.
Whereas, the pending compensations to the land owners of the areas have
also been refused by the company due to suspension of their oil survey
for an indefinite period.
The head of the investigating team, SP Raja Hasan Akhtar said, police
also took in to their custody a large number of activists of banned
religious outfits from the surrounding villages of Pindsultani and
Domail with the suspicion the foreigner could not have been kidnapped
with the abetment of the local activists.
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