3:12 AM
Muhammad Zai Khan
A former senator from Balochistan gunned down near Musa Colony in Quetta on Wednesday morning. Habib Jalib Baloch, secretary of Balochistan Nationalist Party (Mengal), was shot dead by two unknown gunmen at Sariab Road outside his residence in Quetta when he was on his way to the local court. BNP has announced 40-day mourning and three-day wheel jam strike to protest against killing of its top leader. According to police, Habib Jalib was taking his children to school Wednesday morning when three motorbike riding gunmen opened fire at him near Musa Colony at Sariab Road. He was transferred to Civil Hospital Quetta in precarious condition, where he succumbed to his injuries.
