Habib Jalib Baloch, a former Senator from Balochistan and secretary general of the Baloch National Party (Mengal), was gunned down outside his residence on the outskirts of Quetta on Wednesday morning.
Tension gripped the Balochistan capital and other areas of the province following the assassination and the provincial government decided to keep all educational institutions closed for two days as a matter of precaution.
An enquiry has also been ordered into the killing by the provincial government.
