Balochistan: Local Union Leader Gunned Down In Pishin

QUETTA: Unidentified gunmen have killed a local union leader in Balochistan’s district Pishin on Monday while on his way home after offering evening prayers in local a mosque.

As the General Secretary of the Balochistan Traders Association, Allah Dad Tarin was known for his struggle to protect the rights of traders and shop owners in Balochistan.

He was also a member of a Pashtun nationalist party, the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party.

The union said shops and markets would remain closed in Quetta, on November 10 in protest of Tarin’s slaying.

Balochistan government spokesman Liaquat Shahwani pledged that Tarin’s killers would be brought to justice.

Resource-rich Balochistan, which borders Afghanistan and Iran, has been plagued by sectarian violence, Islamist militant attacks, and a separatist insurgency that has led to thousands of casualties since 2004.

Courtesy: Gandhara