ISLAMABAD has sought Tehran’s “full co-operation” over the killing of eight Pakistani nationals in south eastern Iran, officials said yesterday.

Urging a thorough investigation, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry stated the killings happened on Saturday in Mehrestan County in Sistan and Baluchistan province, about 142 miles from the Pakistan-Iran border.

Pakistan’s ambassador to Iran Muhammad Mudassir wrote on X that the eight were labourers and the two countries were working on facilitating repatriation of the bodies.