PANJGUR (Dunya News) – Five people were killed and two others injured when unknown gunmen opened fire at a dam construction site in Paroom area of district Panjgur on Tuesday.
Balochistan government spokesperson Shahid Rind said the victims worked on a dam site.
He said the bodies and injured were shifted to a nearby hospital.
Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti said terrorists involved in the incident would be dealt with iron hands.
He condemned the incident, sympathised with bereaved families, and prayed for departed souls.
Condemnations
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemning the incident of firing in Panjgur, have expressed deep grief over the loss of precious lives in the terrorist attack.
In their separate statements, they expressed solidarity with the heirs of those, who were killed in the incident and prayed for high ranks of departed souls.
“Terrorists are enemies of the development of the country and prosperity of the province and they do not want the province to be prosperous,” said the president.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif instructed the authorities concerned to identify people involved in attack and award them exemplary punishment.
He said the miscreants through their cowardly acts cannot shake the government resolve for development of Balochistan.