QUETTA, July 23: The chief engineer of a construction company was shot dead in Khuzdar on Wednesday.

Police said Abdul Rafiq Soomro was standing in a shop near the old bus terminal when the assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on him.

The Baloch Liberation Army claimed on Wednesday to have killed a security official in Khuzdar.

BLA spokesman Beebargh Baloch warned that more attacks would be carried out in retaliation for the Dera Bugti operation.