Panjgur incident: Iranian border guards injure two

Attack comes after the recent meeting of Pak-Iran Permanent Border Committee

QUETTA: Iranian border guards have shot and injured two Pakistanis on Wednesday in Panjgur, a western district of Balochistan which shares border with Iran. According to an official of Panjgur Levies force, Iranian border guards opened fire at two oil dealers in Perom, a remote area in Panjgur near Iranian border. Both of the injured were shot in their legs. The injured were shifted to hospital where they have been identified as Jasim Fazal and Fida Ahmed, residents of Panjgur. “Iranian border guards had violated the border as both were shot in Pakistani territory,” an official said. The attack came after the recent meeting of Pak-Iran Permanent Border Committee which vowed to boost trade between the two countries.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 25^th, 2014.