QUETTA, Nov 14: An oil tanker carrying fuel for Nato forces in Afghanistan was set on fire by armed men on Sunday near the Bolan Pass.Sources said that the tanker caught fire when assailants on two bikes opened fire on it on the Quetta-Sibi National Highway near Mach.

The tanker was destroyed. ACCIDENT:

Three people were killed and 28 others injured when a bus overturned near Barshor area in Pishin district. The bus was going to Barshor from Pishin when it met with the accident, Levies sources said.

The bodies and the injured were taken to the Pishin civil hospital. Later, seven of the injured were referred to Quetta for their critical condition.

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