Two people were killed and another wounded in two separate incidents of firing in Naseerabad and Jhal Magsi districts the other day.
In the first incident, unknown attackers opened fire on two brothers Nek Muhammad and Muhammad Hayat in Khan Jakarani village of Dera Murad Jamali in Naseerabad district over a domestic dispute.
The injured were being shifted to a hospital when Hayat succumbed to his injuries.
In the second incident, three armed men opened fire in Goth Aliabad area of Gandakha and wounded Fida Hussain Nichari, who later succumbed to his injuries while on way to a hospital.
Police said the deceased was heading towards Usta Mohammad along with his sister on a motorcycle when he was attacked. They said the motive behind the killing could be a case of old enmity.
On the other hand, Voice for Baloch Missing Persons Chairman Nasrullah Baloch said the recovery of bullet-riddled bodies of missing persons was a slap on the face of the so-called democratic government.
Addressing a press conference at a hunger strike camp set up outside the Quetta Press Club, Baloch said the relatives of missing persons had pinned all their hopes with the Supreme Court of Pakistan for the safe and early recovery of their beloved ones.
He said to draw the attention of people towards human rights violation in Balochistan, VBMP would hold a seminar on May 20 at the Quetta Press Club in which members from civil society including columnists, journalists, human right activities, lawyers would be invited.
He said hearings in the Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding petitions of missing persons had established the fact that intelligence agencies and paramilitary forces were involved in abduction and killing of Baloch youth. Baloch said the relatives of missing persons were disappointed in Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi and Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani as they had miserably failed to fulfill their constitutional obligation to protect life and honour of the citizens in the last four years.
He also criticized human rights organizations for not playing their role to ensure the protection of rights of the people, including the right to protect their lives.
Meanwhile, a railway track linking Quetta with the rest of province and down country was exploded the other day. Police said unknown persons planted some explosive along the track in Pirkaniabad area of Sariab in the outskirts of Quetta.
As a result of the explosion, a piece of the track measuring a foot was destroyed.
Police and a repair team rushed to the area and repaired the track by evening.