Mar 10, Kathmandu- Gunmen shot dead three “immigrant” barbers in Pakistan’s southwestern province, police said on Monday.

Attacks on workers from other parts of the country have increased in Balochistan, where militants have accused them of profiting from the region.

Migrant hairdressers, who are accused of providing information to the army, have been repeatedly targeted by militants in the province, which borders Afghanistan and Iran.

"Three barbers from Sindh have lost their lives," Mohammad Zaid, a police official in Panjgur district, told AFP.

According to the police, gunmen who came on a motorcycle entered the salon and opened fire on Sunday evening. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The separatist Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA) is the most active group in the region, which has carried out attacks on outsiders it accuses of exploiting its rich resources.

Last February, the militants stopped a bus and executed seven Punjabi laborers.

In April last year, 11 Punjabi workers were also killed after being kidnapped from a bus in the town of Naushki, and in May of the same year, six Punjabi barbers were shot dead.

In another incident on Sunday, two Pakistani soldiers were killed and one was wounded, according to Syed Dilawar, a police officer in Balochistan’s Bolan district.

The soldiers launched a security operation after receiving information that militants were hiding in the mountains, and two soldiers were killed in an hours-long gunfight.

According to local police officer Fazal Waqar, militants also shot dead two police officers in Kohat district of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa early Monday.

While attacks in Pakistani cities have been rare in recent years, violent incidents have increased in the border region with Afghanistan.