Two shot dead in Quetta, Turbat

Published April 9, 2010

QUETTA, April 8 Two people were gunned down in Quetta and Turbat on Thursday.

Mohammad Ashraf Kakar, a bank employee, was shot dead by armed men in Shahbaz town, Quetta.

In another attack, armed men shot dead a government official in Turbat town.

Moin Khan, who worked for the provincial communications and works department, was shot dead in front of his house by assailants on a motorcycle. The deceased was the son of Dr Musa Khan who has worked for the health department.

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