GUNMEN in south-west Pakistan killed at least 31 people in two separate attacks today, with reports of other shootings and unrest across the same province, police and officials said.

Senior police official Ayub Achakzai said that 23 people had been fatally shot after being identified and taken from buses, vehicles and trucks in Musakhail, a district in Baluchistan province.

The attackers burned at least 10 vehicles before fleeing the scene.