QUETTA Oct 23: Two officials of the local administration were gunned down in Khuzdar on Tuesday.

Police said that armed men on a motorcycle on Eidgah road opened fire, killing Muhammad Qasim and Eid Muhammad.

Both were said to be employees of the district administration. The assailants fled from the scene after the attack.

Police began investigations after registering a case.

A trader, Khalid Musa, was killed in Turbat when he was fired upon by men on a motorcycle. The men escaped after committing the crime.

A man identified as Irfan died when armed men opened fire at a bus stand near Panjgur bazaar.

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