• Workers hailing from Punjab killed after terrorists opened fire on shops in Washuk• PM flays India-backed terror outfits, slams killing as ‘barbaric, cowardly’ act• Seven more terrorists killed in Operation Shaban• CM Bugti reviews operation, visits Hanna Urak• 108 suspects held across Balochistan
QUETTA: Five workers hailing from Punjab were gunned down in Mashkel town of Balochistan’s Washuk district on Sunday, drawing condemnation from the Centre and the provincial government, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif denouncing the killing as “extremely barbaric”.
The incident came as Operation Shaban and other counterterrorism operations are ongoing in the province, where security forces have claimed the elimination of 109 terrorists since July 5.
Washuk Deputy Commissioner Abdul Majeed Sarparah told Dawn the incident took place in Mashkel town, close to the Pakistan-Iran border, when armed terrorists on motorcycles opened fire on shops where labourers from Punjab were working.
Police said the five men suffered multiple bullet injuries and died on the spot. The assailants escaped after the firing.
