GWADAR: At least seven people were shot dead on Thursday while they were sleeping in their residential quarters in Balochistan’s port city.
According to Gwadar Police Station Station House Officer (SHO) Mohsin Ali, unidentified gunmen opened fire on a residential quarter near the Gwadar Fish Harbour in the Surbandar area, leaving seven dead and one injured.
The police official said that the dead and injured individuals used to work in a barber shop in the area and belonged to district Khanewal in Punjab.
At least five among the seven labourers murdered in Gwadar belonged to Mian Channu..
Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti condemned the killing of the barber shop workers in Gwadar extending his sympathies towards the families of the victims.
CM Bugti also sought a report on the matter, maintaining that “all kinds of force will be used to arrest the terrorists and their facilitators”.
Balochistan Home Minister Mir Zia Ullah Langau has ordered an investigation into the killing of the seven deceased, terming it “open terrorism”.
The minister said the killing of workers is a cowardly move, terrorists will be dealt with strictly.
Meanwhile, provincial government’s spokesperson said that the families of the workers are being contacted.
