QUETTA: Balochistan's capital city, Quetta, shows a deserted look on the eve of A complete shutter-down and wheel-jam strike to mark the second death anniversary of Nawabzada Balach Marri who was killed in November 2007 in mysterious circumstances. (BalochHal Photo)

QUETTA: Pashtunkhawa Milli Awami Party (PkMP) President Usman Kakar and PPP president Senator Lashkari Raisani addressing a joint perss conference in the wake of upcoming by-elections in PB-1 Quetta. Both the parties have agreed to support the brother of former education minister, Shafiq Ahmed Khan, who was killed last month, for the by elections. (BalochHal Photo)

QUETTA: A policeman inspecting the rubble of a house that collapsed after a rocket attack. (BalochHal Photo)

QUETTA: Tahir Mehmood, the brother of former education minister Shafiq Ahmed Khan and the PPP candidate for the upcoming by-elections from PB-1 Quetta, is filing his nomination papers at the Election Commission Office. (BalochHal Photo)