QUETTA, Oct 6: A leader of Aali faction of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP-A) was shot dead on Sunday in Koshak area of Khuzdar district.

Police sources said that unknown armed men opened fire on Dad Ali Bugti, killing him on the spot.

The attackers fled from scene of the attack. “The JWP-A leader, Dad Ali Bugti, was going to Karachi in a passenger coach when some armed men got the vehicle stopped in Koshak area of Khuzdar district, forced Mr Bugti to come out and shot him dead,” a district management official said.

The police rushed to the site and took the body to a morgue.

According to doctors, Mr Bugti suffered multiple bullet wounds on his body, causing his instant death.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the murder.

The JWP-A leaders condemned the incident and demanded the arrest of killers.