LAHORE: The Balochistan government has announced a Rs110 million compensation for the legal heirs of 11 bus passengers, who were killed by militants in Noshki, Balochistan, on April 12.

The Balochistan chief minister has directed that the legal heirs of 11 victims of Noshki firing incident be paid Rs10 million each through the Noshki deputy commissioner.

Meanwhile, the commissioner of Rakhshan Division, Balochistan, has requested the additional chief secretary (home) to approach the Punjab home department to get details of legal heirs of nine victims belonging to Punjab so that the cheques to the legal heirs could be drafted by the Noshki DC on receipt of the funds at the earliest.

The DC has identified nine victims from Punjab as Rana Shahzaib, Tanzeel Nasir, Javed Shahzad, Muhammad Qasim, Muhammad Abu Bakar, Wasiq Farooq, Sajid Imran, Muzammil Hussain and Mazhar Iqbal.

Two other victims – Dawood Khan and Saddam – have been identified as residents of Killi Azad Khan district, Noshki, and Killi Qaziabad, district Sanghar, Sindh.

Published in Dawn, April 18th, 2024