Two women have been killed in separate incidents of suspected domestic violence in Quetta and Jacobabad, with one man detained and another on the run, police said.

In Quetta, a woman was shot dead and her seven-year-old son wounded at a house in a private housing scheme on Airport Road, according to police.

The Station House Officer (SHO) of Airport police station, Maqsood Gujjar, said the woman, identified as Warda Daud, was killed in the firing, while her seven-year-old son was injured. Both were shifted to the Civil Hospital. Police detained the woman's husband on suspicion of her murder and transferred the case to the Serious Crime Unit for investigation.

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The victim's sister said Warda Daud was a divorcee with a seven-year-old son and had entered a second marriage with a man she named as Farhan Magsi. She appealed to Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti for the strictest punishment under the law for her sister's killer, and for justice for the family.

In Jacobabad, in upper Sindh near the Balochistan border, a man allegedly shot and killed his wife over a domestic dispute and fled, police said.

According to police, the incident took place within the limits of the Muhammad Pur Odho police station. Police said the suspect, identified as Yaseen Bharani, opened fire on his wife, Nadia, during a domestic dispute, killing her, and then escaped from the scene.

Police said they moved the body to a hospital and, after completing legal formalities, handed it over to the family. Investigations were under way and raids were being carried out to arrest the suspect, they added.

Published in Balochistan Dispatch, July 30th, 2026