Seven Punjabi travelers were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's Balochistan region late Tuesday night, AFP reported. The victims were traveling on a Lahore-bound bus near the provincial border with Punjab when the attack took place.

Gunmen in Pakistan's Balochistan province attacked a bus and killed passengers of Punjabi origin, authorities said. Attacks targeting Punjabi laborers have been on the rise.

Militants armed with guns intercepted several passenger buses on a highway in the restive southwestern Pakistan late Tuesday night, forcibly removed seven passengers and killed them before fleeing the scene,