SAA event in Balochistan, Shahrag, Harnai District area, Pakistan on Wed 27th May 2026

At least five people were killed and three others injured after unidentified armed men, suspected to be Baloch insurgents, opened indiscriminate fire on a group of locals in the Shahrag area of Harnai District in Balochistan on May 27, reports ARY News. According to Police, the armed assailants had set up a picket near Sheikh Musa Baba Chowk and were checking the Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs) of passers-by. An altercation broke out after some locals resisted the checking, following which the unidentified gunmen opened fire. Four people died on the spot, while another critically injured victim succumbed to his injuries while being shifted to Quetta for medical treatment. The deceased were identified as Zaman Shah, Zia-ul-Haq, Abdul Qahir, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) leader Maulvi Zahid Shah, and Ikramullah Shah. The injured were identified as Nasir Shah, Mullah Samad, and Saqib Shah.