ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi strongly condemned the killing of seven people in Gwadar.

According to media reports, unidentified gunmen shot dead seven labourers in an attack in Sarbandar area of Gwadar in Balochistan early Thursday.

The prime minister prayed to Allah Almighty for peace for the departed souls and sympathised with the bereaved families. “We share the grief of the victim families.

Such an attack is a cowardly act of anti-state elements,” he said and reiterated the resolve to eliminate terrorism from the country.

On the other hand, Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi strongly condemned the terrorist incident in Gwardar.

Minister Naqvi expressed deep sorrow and grief over the killing of 7 people in the heinous incident.

He expressed his heartfelt sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims and said that government equally shares the grief of the bereaved families and standing with the grieving families in the hour of sorrow.

Beasts who play with the lives of innocent people do not deserve to be called human beings, said the minister in his message.

“We are committed to the complete elimination of the scourge of terrorism” Mohsin Naqvi said.

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Earlier,  7 people were shot and killed while sleeping in their quarters in Gwadar.

SHO Gwadar Police Station Mohsin Ali, unknown persons opened fire on a residential quarter near Gwadar Fish Harbor as a result of which 7 people were killed and one was injured.

SHO Gwadar police station, the dead and injured persons belong to Khanewal district of Punjab.