{"id":122233,"date":"2026-03-10T18:56:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=122233"},"modified":"2026-03-10T18:56:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:56:38","slug":"11-world-bank-project-workers-recovered-in-balochistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/122233\/","title":{"rendered":"11 World Bank project workers recovered in Balochistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">QUETTA(National Times)- Eleven officials and labourers associated with a project funded by the World Bank have been recovered after being kidnapped in Khuzdar, police sources confirmed. According to police officials, the victims were abducted on October 22 from the Karkh area of Khuzdar district while working on a water channels project supported by the World Bank. Among those kidnapped was the project manager of a private company overseeing the project. 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