John Solecki
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John Solecki is a U.S. official for the UNHCR, working in Quetta
, Pakistan
. On February 2, 2009, he was kidnapped by a previously unknown Baloch nationalist militant group calling itself the Balochistan Liberation United Front
. His driver Syed Hashim was shot and later died at a local hospital. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/world/asia/03pstan.html
Solecki was eventually released on April 4, 2009.
He is the son of American archaeologist Ralph Solecki
.
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik
claimed that John Solecki was kidnapped by Brahamdagh Bugti. Bugti had earlier denied the allegations in an interview to a Paksitani television channel.
Quetta
is the largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan" due to the diversity of its plant and animal wildlife, Quetta is home to the Hazarganji Chiltan National Park, which contains some of the rarest species of wildlife in the...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. On February 2, 2009, he was kidnapped by a previously unknown Baloch nationalist militant group calling itself the Balochistan Liberation United Front
Balochistan Liberation United Front
The Balochistan Liberation United Front is a Baloch nationalist militant organization in Pakistan. It first became known for claiming the kidnapping of American UNHCR worker John Solecki from Quetta on February 2, 2009. The BLUF demanded the release of thousands of Baloch nationalist prisoners it...
. His driver Syed Hashim was shot and later died at a local hospital. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/world/asia/03pstan.html
Solecki was eventually released on April 4, 2009.
He is the son of American archaeologist Ralph Solecki
Ralph Solecki
Ralph Stefan Solecki is an American archaeologist. He was born in New York City, New York in 1917. He is a former member of the faculty at Columbia University , and his best-known excavations were at the Neanderthal site at Shanidar Cave in Iraq. His publications include early works on aerial...
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Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik
Rehman Malik
27 April 2009 He has been the interior adviser since 27 March 2008.Senator A. Rehman Malik is a Pakistani politician, member of the Senate of Pakistan, and the current Interior Minister of Pakistan under the Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani administration. His Second name is Shetan Malik and he...
claimed that John Solecki was kidnapped by Brahamdagh Bugti. Bugti had earlier denied the allegations in an interview to a Paksitani television channel.