QUETTA: Haji Muhammad Alam Jattak, president of the Khuzdar city chapter of Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N), was shot dead in the early hours of Friday when unidentified gunmen riding a motorbike opened fire at him in Balochistan's Khuzdar district.

A police official in Khuzdar told Dawn that two motorcycle-riding assailants attacked Jattak near Civil Hospital Khuzdar.

"Jattak died on the spot," the official said, adding that the attackers had managed to escape.

Police personnel and rescue teams immediately reached the location and shifted Jattak's body to Civil Hospital Khuzdar.

Apart from being the president of PML-N's Khuzdar chapter, Jattak was the vice president of the traders' community in Khuzdar.

Anxiety and panic gripped the city in the wake of the shooting.

The attack is believed to be an act of targeted killing and while no claim of responsibility has so far been made, police suspect that a separatist group may be behind the incident.

Two killed, one injured in Quetta firing

Two people were killed and one other was injured in a firing incident in Quetta's Pashtoonabad area on Friday.

Imran Qureshi, the Superintendent of Police, told Dawn.com that assailants on a motorbike opened fire at a police head constable in Mitha Chowk area of Pashtoonabad.

"The constable died on the spot," Qureshi said, adding that two passersby also came in the range of firing and suffered bullet shots. They were shifted to Civil Hospital Quetta for treatment where one of them succumbed to his injuries.

"Motive behind the brazen day attack is still being ascertained," the superintendent said.

Police and law enforcement agencies personnel reached the spot and started investigation into the incident. However, there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

Following the incident, panic gripped Pashtoonabad.