The bodies of four men have been recovered in separate incidents in the districts of Panjgur, Kech and Dasht in Balochistan, according to police and local sources.
Police officials said the victims in three of the cases appeared to have been shot dead, while another individual had reportedly been abducted several days earlier before his body was discovered.
In Panjgur district, police said two bodies were found inside an abandoned vehicle near the Al-Emarat Hotel in the Sarikoran area. The deceased were identified as Nabeel, son of Jameel Ahmed, and Shahab, son of Nazeer Ahmed, both residents of Sanday Sarawar, Dez Parom.
According to police authorities, preliminary investigations suggested that both men had been shot at close range.
In a separate incident in Turbat, the main city of Kech district, police recovered the body of a teenage boy from the Bank Charhai area on Kech Terminal Road. Officials stated that the victim had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
The deceased was identified as Jan Muhammad, son of Qadir Bakhsh, a resident of Gomazi, Tump, and reportedly an eighth-grade student.
Police said the body was transferred to Teaching Hospital Turbat for medico-legal procedures.
Meanwhile, another body was recovered from the Malai Nagor area of Dasht tehsil. Hospital sources identified the deceased as Master Abid, son of Mohammad Umar, a resident of Khaddan Dasht.
According to police sources, Master Abid had allegedly been abducted several days earlier before his body was found. Following legal formalities, the body was handed over to his family.
Authorities have not announced any arrests or identified suspects in connection with the incidents at the time of reporting.