GWADAR: Provincial Minister for Social Welfare Mir Asadullah Baloch was injured in a road accident near the Washuk area of Balochistan on Sunday night.

Official sources said Mr Baloch was coming to Quetta from his native town Panjgur and when he reached near the Nag-Surab area of Washuk district his official vehicle collided with another vehicle coming from the opposite direction.

One Nasir Ahmed was killed in the accident, while the minister, his driver Qadir Bakhsh and the driver of other vehicle suffered injuries.

Published in Dawn, September 2nd, 2019

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