Get the latest news and updates from Dawn

QUETTA: Four labourers working on an under-construction road were killed by unidentified armed men near the Saranan area of Balochistan’s Pishin district on Tuesday.

Officials said the incident took place in the Sulemanzai area along the Quetta-Chaman Highway.

Balochistan Chief Minister’s aide for political and media affairs Shahid Rind confirmed the incident.

“The labourers were working on an under-construction road in the area when armed men targeted them,” Rind said, adding that one labourer sustained injuries and was taken to the district hospital along with the bodies.