Author: PTI
Publication: The Times of India
Date: December 13, 2012
URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Hindu-doctor-shot-dead-in-Pakistan/articleshow/17600070.cms

A well-known Hindu doctor was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan today, police said.

 Lakshmi Chand was going home when two gunmen riding a motorcycle fired at him in Mastung town, police officials said.

 Chand was killed instantly and the gunmen fled from the spot. Police sent the body for an autopsy and registered a case.

 The motive for the killing could not be immediately ascertained.

 Members of the minority Hindu community in Balochistan have been targeted by criminal gangs and extremists in recent months.