Gunmen on motorcycles shot dead four policemen in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province Thursday, officials said.

Gunmen on motorcycles shot dead four policemen in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province Thursday, officials said.

The shootings took place in the Pashtunabad neighbourhood of the provincial capital Quetta as the police were conducting a patrol in their vehicle.

"Four policemen were martyred when their vehicle came under attack from both sides while passing through Pashtunabad area," local police official Zahid Shah told AFP.

He said they were rushed to a government hospital where doctors pronounced them dead. Noor Ahmed, the doctor at the hospital confirmed the toll.

"They were dead when brought here," he said.