QUETTA, Sept 26: Armed men gunned down Mir Habibullah Zehri, a local leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N, in Zehri area of Khuzdar district on Thursday.

Sources said the gunmen attacked Mr Zehri when he came out of his house.

“The attackers were on a motorcycle and opened indiscriminate fire when Mr Zehri came out of his home, killing him on the spot,” Levies Force sources said, adding that the assailants fled from the scene after the attack.

The deceased was said to be close to provincial minister and PML-N Balochistan’s president Sardar Sanaullah Zehri.