QUETTA: A nephew of Chief Minister of Balochistan Dr Abdul Malik Baloch was brought to the district hospital Turbat in an injured condition on Tuesday.

Sources said that Omar Jan had suffered a bullet wound when he allegedly tried to commit suicide.

Mr Jan was injured in a road accident two years ago and the lower half of his body had been paralysed. Official sources said that Omar Jan was admitted to the district hospital Turbat where his condition was reported to be precarious.

Published in Dawn, September 17th, 2014

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