Unknown gunmen burned down several government offices, attacked a Levies post and blocked the Quetta-Karachi Highway in Khadkocha and Kirdgab areas of Mastung district in Pakistan, media reports said.

Officials told Dawn News that during the last 24 hours, armed men had attacked a Levies post and taken personnel hostage after a heavy exchange of fire in the Kirdgab area.

The attackers took away the arms from the spot.

The attackers also set fire to the offices of Nadra, judicial magistrate and assistant commissioner, reported Dawn News

“They checked the national identity cards of the people traveling in the vehicles in Khadkocha and Kirdgab areas,” an eyewitness told the newspaper.