Islamabad: A Christian girl was shot dead by unidentified persons in her house in the capital of Pakistan`s southwestern Balochistan province Wednesday, police said.
The girl`s body was found in her home at Brewery Road in Quetta, police officials said.
They quoted the girl`s brother as saying that he had found her body and taken it to a nearby hospital.
The victim was hit by a bullet in the head, they said, adding that the body was handed over to her family after an autopsy.
A case has been registered though the motive for the killing could not immediately be ascertained.
PTI