Seven labourers were shot dead in southwestern Pakistan, police said Sunday, in a region where ethnic violence is being waged by militants.<\/p>\n
The labourers who had migrated to Balochistan province from Punjab province for work were attacked at their home in a Panjgur district during the night.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeven labourers were killed and one injured,\u201d said Moazzam Jah Ansari, the head of Balochistan police based in the provincial capital Quetta.<\/p>\n
Balochistan is Pakistan\u2019s poorest province, despite an abundance of untapped natural resources, where separatist groups have waged attacks on security forces as well Pakistanis from neighbouring provinces.<\/p>\n
Punjabis are the largest of the six main ethnic groups in Pakistan and are perceived to dominate business, government and the ranks of the military.<\/p>\n
In August, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed a coordinated attack that killed at least 39 people in one of the worst shootings in the region.<\/p>\n
During the overnight assault, militants stopped cars on a highway and killed those who were from neighbouring provinces.<\/p>\n
In April, 11 Punjabi labourers were killed when they were abducted from a bus in the city of Naushki, and six Punjabis working as barbers were shot in May.<\/p>\n
There has been a surge in militant attacks in Pakistan\u2019s border regions since the Taliban government returned to power in neighbouring Afghanistan in 2021.<\/p>\n
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