...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
, officials said.
A group of four or five gunnies came to the site of road building works in the town of Dasht, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) south of the scenic provincial capital Quetta, and opened fire, senior administration official Irfan Shah told AFP.
"The gunnies fled on their motorbikes leaving nine people dead and four injured," he said, adding that one was in a critical condition.
Police officer Mohammad Ismail confirmed the toll.
Nobody immediately grabbed credit for the attack. The oil and gas rich province which borders Iran and Afghanistan is plagued by sectarian violence, attacks by Talibs and a tribal insurgency.