Balochistan strife: Vice president of BNP-Awami killed

Balochistan National Party (Awami) has condemned the killing of Abdul Razaq and announced a 3-day mourning period.

QUETTA: The senior vice-president of Balochistan Nationalist Party-Awami was gunned down in Surab area of Kalat district on Saturday, some 250 kilometres away from Quetta city.

According to the police, BNP-A  leader identified as Abdul Razaq Raisani who was also a Patwari in Revenue Department, was on his way home from office when armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on him in Masjid Road area of Surab.

Resultantly, he died on the spot. The body was shifted to the Civil Hospital Surab for autopsy. Later the body was handed over to his relatives for burial. Balochistan National Party (Awami) has condemned the killing of Abdul Razaq and announced a three-day mourning period.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 9^th, 2011.