{"id":125885,"date":"2026-05-14T18:28:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T13:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=125885"},"modified":"2026-05-14T18:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T13:28:30","slug":"gwadar-university-vc-pro-vice-chancellor-go-missing-while-travelling-to-quetta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/125885\/","title":{"rendered":"Gwadar University VC, pro-vice chancellor &#8216;go missing&#8217; while travelling to Quetta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>QUETTA(National Times)- The vice chancellor and pro-vice chancellor of the University of Gwadar, who had left Balochistan\u2019s port city for Quetta, have gone missing, officials told\u00a0<em>Dawn<\/em>\u00a0on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice Chancellor Dr Abdul Razzaq Sabir and Pro-Vice Chancellor Syed Manzoor Ahmed have been missing for the past 24 hours, the officials said on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Babar Yousafzai, an aide at the Balochistan Home Department, said Dr Sabir and Ahmed had left for Quetta along with a driver and another varsity employee on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut they have not reached Quetta so far,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official further said the travellers\u2019 mobile phones had been switched off after they reached Mastung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll efforts are under way to trace the vice chancellor, pro-vice chancellor and two others traveling them,\u201d Yousafzai said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, police officials in Mastung told&nbsp;<em>Dawn<\/em>&nbsp;that the possibility of kidnapping could not be ruled out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A senior police official also said that there had been no communication with Dr Sabir and Ahmed since they reached near the Khud-Kocha area of Mastung on the Quetta-Karachi National Highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official said that \u201csecurity forces and district administration are jointly making efforts to trace the four missing people, and a search operation is under way in the area\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QUETTA(National Times)- The vice chancellor and pro-vice chancellor of the University of Gwadar, who had left Balochistan\u2019s port city for Quetta, have gone missing, officials told\u00a0Dawn\u00a0on Thursday. Vice Chancellor Dr Abdul Razzaq Sabir and Pro-Vice Chancellor Syed Manzoor Ahmed have been missing for the past 24 hours, the officials said on Thursday afternoon. 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