Published on, Sept. 5 -- September 5, 2025 3:39 AM

Ten people were kidnapped and three others were injured after multiple vehicles were attacked by bandits on the Sukkur-Multan motorway in Punjab's Rahim Yar Khan district on Thursday morning, various officials confirmed.

For decades, dozens of bandit gangs armed with sophisticated weaponry have operated with impunity in northern Sindh as well as southern Punjab. Kidnappings for ransom, extortion rackets, brutal killings and robberies on major highways occur on a daily basis.

South Punjab Additional Inspector General of Police (IG) Kamran Khan told that between 20 and 25 suspects attacked vehicles on the motorway. "Three people were injured in the incident," he said. "Two of them suffer...