Bodies of 9 Pakistanis to arrive from Iran

Pakistan demanded probe and swift action against the culprits

The Foreign Office (FO) announced on Wednesday that the bodies of nine Pakistanis gunned down in the Sistan-Baluchestan province of Iran last week will be airlifted to Multan for burial.

FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that the mortal remains of the Pakistani nationals will be airlifted from the Taftan border.

“May Allah grant them the highest abodes in heaven. Our thoughts and prayers are with their loved ones,” she prayed.

The mortal remains of nine Pakistani nationals, who were killed in a terrorist attack in Sistan o Baluchestan Province of Iran on 27 January 2024, are being airlifted today from Taftan border to Multan. May Allah grant them the highest abodes in heaven. Our thoughts and prayers…

— Spokesperson 🇵🇰 MoFA (@ForeignOfficePk) January 31, 2024

Following the gun attack in Iran, families of the victims protested in front of the assistant commissioner’s office in Alipur and demanded that the government ensure the return of the remains of their loved ones for burial in their native towns.

Read: Nine Pakistanis killed in Iran ambush

Pakistan urged the Iranian authorities to initiate a comprehensive investigation into the incident and hold those responsible for the killing of Pakistanis accountable.

Iran’s Mehr news agency reported that “according to witnesses, unknown armed men killed nine non-Iranians in a house in the Sirkan neighbourhood of Saravan city”.

The media further reported that no entity had yet claimed responsibility for the attack, adding that the deceased hailed from Punjab, specifically originating from Multan, Bahawalpur, and Muzaffargarh districts.