Islamabad, July 14: Senior Baloch nationalist leader and former parliamentarian Habib Jalib Baloch was today assassinated by unidentified gunmen in Quetta city in southwestern Pakistan, police said.
Three motorcycle-borne assailants shot Baloch outside his home on Sariab Road this morning, Deputy Inspector General of Police Hamid Shakil told reporters.
Witnesses said Baloch, a former member of the Senate or upper house of parliament and secretary general of the Balochistan National Party (Mengal group), was shot when he came out of the house.
Baloch was rushed to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, doctors said.
The gunmen fled after the incident, police said.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Police said the assassination might be the latest in a series of targeted killings that has rocked Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, over the past two years.
–PTI