Gunmen in Pakistan's Balochistan province attacked a bus and killed passengers of Punjabi origin, authorities said. Attacks targeting Punjabi laborers have been on the rise.

Seven Punjabi travelers were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's Balochistan region late Tuesday night, AFP reported. The victims were traveling on a Lahore-bound bus near the provincial border with Punjab when the attack took place.

Unknown gunmen shot dead seven passengers on a Lahore-bound bus in southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province after forcing them off the vehicle and checking their identity documents late.

QUETTA: Unknown armed men killed seven passengers on a Lahore-bound bus in southwest Pakistan’s Balochistan province late on Tuesday, officials said. The attack took place in Barkhan, a district of southwestern Balochistan.

Unknown gunmen killed seven passengers in Pakistan's Balochistan province, highlighting ongoing insurgent violence in the region.

Seven Punjabi travellers were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Balochistan, Pakistan. The attackers stopped their bus, forced passengers to reveal their identities, and executed those from Punjab.

Gunmen in volatile southwest Pakistan shot seven bus passengers dead after identifying them as being from another region, officials said Wednesday.

Gunmen in volatile southwest Pakistan shot seven bus passengers dead after identifying them as being from another region, officials said Wednesday (February 18, 2025). Security forces have been battling sectarian, ethnic and separatist violence for decades in impoverished but mineral-rich Balochistan, which borders Afghanistan and Iran.