Balochistan National Party (BNP) leader Mir Nawab Amanullah Zehri was shot dead in Khuzdar, Balochistan late Friday night. Zehri's grandson and two other friends were also gunned down in the incident, Levies personnel said. BNP President and Member National Assembly Akhtar Mengal confirmed the deaths in a Twitter post, calling it a "dark day for the party and people of Balochistan."

"Another dark day for BNP and the people of Balochistan. This loss has deprived us all. He further confirmed that Shaheed Amanullah Zehri with his friends and innocent grandson have been brutally killed in the middle of the night. May Allah have mercy," Mengal wrote.

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