According to Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Abdul Razzaq Cheema, 12 people were travelling from Quetta to Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
in a large van when unknown assailants shot up their vehicle, injuring four passengers.
The injured were shifted to a combined military hospital in Quetta cantonment where two of them, including a child, later gave up the ghost.
Balochistan
...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...
has been experiencing incidents of violence and assassinations since more than a decade. More than 1,400 incidents targeting the minority Shia and Hazara community have taken place in the province during the past 15 years.
While sectarian terrorism in Balochistan has disproportionately targeted the Hazara community, easily identifiable because of their distinctive physical appearance, other Shias ‐ especially pilgrims travelling to and from Iran ‐ have not been spared either.