Two Punjabi laborers were killed by firing by unknown persons in Tamp area of Turbat, Balochistan.
Police said firing by unknown persons in Turbat. Both deceased belong to Punjab.
Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti has condemned the killing of the two laborers. In his tweet on X, Sarfaraz Bugti wrote that the so-called terrorists martyred two innocent Pakistanis Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti wrote that innocent people were martyred on the basis of identity and the incident is condemnable.
Balochistan government stood with the survivors of the oppressed, innocent and innocent workers in this hour of grief.
Earlier, 12 people were killed in two separate firing incidents early on Saturday morning along the National Highway in Nushki district of Balochistan. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took notice of the harrowing incident and sought a report.
The first incident took place as a bus carrying passengers from Quetta to Taftan was targeted by armed assailants. Nine passengers were kidnapped from the bus and subsequently shot to death.
The Noshki SSP said the victims were identified and then killed, adding that they hailed from Mandi Bahauddin, Gujranwala, and Wazirabad cities of Punjab. He said their bodies were discovered in a desolate, mountainous area.
In the other incident, a vehicle plying on the National Highway was fired upon, in which two people were killed by armed individuals. Three others were injured.
The victims were residents of Nushki itself. Later, one of the injured persons also passed away during treatment, raising the overall death toll in the two incidents to 12.
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In 2013, 13 labourers from Punjab were pulled out of passenger buses and shot at pointblank range in Bolan district of Balochistan.
As per media reports, killings of Punjabi settlers started in August 2006 and before that, there were occasional incidents in which Punjabis were targeted.