QUETTA, June 19: Two Pakistani traders, who were in Iran on a business trip, have been killed in the province of Sistan Balochistan.

Pakistani border officials in Mand said on Tuesday that the Iranian border authorities had informed them that the bodies of businessmen would be handed over on Wednesday.

The businessmen were identified as Mohammad Rafiq and Abdul Qayyum who had gone to Iran through Mand border a few days ago.

There was no clue to the identity of the killers.

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