{"id":92822,"date":"2025-04-13T03:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T03:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/eight-pakistanis-killed-in-irans-sistan-baluchestan\/"},"modified":"2025-04-13T03:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T03:07:07","slug":"eight-pakistanis-killed-in-irans-sistan-baluchestan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/eight-pakistanis-killed-in-irans-sistan-baluchestan\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Pakistanis killed in Iran\u2019s Sistan-Baluchestan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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QUETTA: Unidentified armed men killed eight Pakistani workers in the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan, who were working at a workshop, on Saturday, officials said.<\/p>\n

The Iranian authorities confirming the killing of the Pakistani nationals said that the tragic incident took place in a village of Meharistan district in the morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the eight Pakistani who were killed belong to Bahawalpur city of southern Punjab,\u201d the Iranian officials said, adding that they were staying at a workshop where they used to dent, polish, paint and repair cars.<\/p>\n

According to reports<\/a>, un\u00ad\u00adknown armed men barged into the workshop sometime in the night and after tidying their hands and feet opened indiscriminate firing and killed them.<\/p>\n

The attackers after killing all the eight Pakistanis escaped from the site.<\/p>\n

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All victims hailed from Bahawalpur, worked at car repair shop<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Iranian police rushed to the area after receiving information about the tragic incident and after recovering the bodies were shifted to the hospital.<\/p>\n

Five out of eight victims of the firing were identified as Dilshad, his son Muhammad Naeem, Jaffar, Danish and Nasir.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the banned Balochistan National Army (BNA) through a statement issued to the media has claimed responsibility for the killing of eight Pakistanis.<\/p>\n

Iranian authorities have said that the Iranian police were investigating the incident. It was a second such incident in the Sistan Baluchestan, as a few years ago armed men had killed<\/a> nine Pakistanis who were also working in Iran as motor mechanics and staying in a workshop.<\/p>\n

Published in Dawn, April 13th, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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