Rockets fired

Published April 30, 2026 Updated April 30, 2026 07:00am

QUETTA: Two houses were damaged and three people injured in rocket attacks in Quetta city late on Wednesday night, officials said.

One of the four rockets, fired from unidentified locations, hit a transformer, plunging a large area into dark.

Quetta DIG Imran Shoukat confirmed to Dawn that the rockets fired from unknown locations landed and exploded in different areas of Quetta city.

Police shifted the injured people to hospital, while local administration issued high alert.

Published in Dawn, April 30th, 2026

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