A deputy election commissioner was shot dead on Tuesday in Quetta, officials said.
According to police, unidentified armed men opened fire on Ziaullah on Mengal Link Road in Satellite Town.
According to sources, the deputy election commissioner was on his way on a rickshaw when the unidentified armed men attacked him near Chandi Chowk in Satellite Town.
He was shifted to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Police and FC personnel rushed to the scene and cordoned off the area. According to media reports, the miscreants succeeded to flee from the scene.
