QUETTA: Reports about the killing of a female Balochi folk singer, widely carried by mainstream media organisations a day earlier, turned out to be misinformation.

Mai Subhai, a well-known Balochi folk singer, was said to have been gunned down in Dera Bugti on Wednesday.

However, it subsequently emerged that the reports — first circulated on social media and later picked up by TV channels and news outlets — were incorrect, and that Mai Subhai had actually died decades ago.

A statement issued by Deputy Commissioner South Dera Bugti on Thursday also clarified that the reports of Mai Subhai’s killing in Dera Bugti were “incorrect and misleading”.

Published in Dawn, September 4th, 2026