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.
Habib Jalib was a member of the opposition faction of the Balochistan National Party and was among those politicians of the restive province who were willing to negotiate and engage in the political process through the parliamentary system.
He was going to drop his children to school when gunmen shot him down outside his residence before making good their escape.
