Blast injures at least twelve in Quetta

At least twelve people including three policemen and a child reportedly injured when a bomb exploded near Zarghoon Road in Quetta, the provincial metropolis of Balochistan.

According to the official sources, the blast took place near the offices of the Department of Urban Development, injuring at least twelve persons and damaging a rickshaw, motorcycle and a bicycle.

The bomb disposal squad said that it was a remote controlled bomb, where the explosive material was hidden inside the motorcycle. At least four to five kilograms of explosives were used in the blast, the squad added.

Senior police official Wazir Khan Nasir while speaking to the media confirmed the blast was detonated through a remote-controlled device.

Police and FC personnel had surrounded the site of the explosion which had also caused damage to nearby buildings.

The injured were shifted to Civil Hospital Quetta for treatment. Nasir said most of the victims were civilians and that at least two of the wounded are in serious condition. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, which borders Iran and Afghanistan, has been wracked by an insurgency waged by ethnic Baloch tribes seeking more political rights and a greater share of profits from the region’s natural resources.

Hundreds of people have died in violence ripping through the province since the insurgency flared in late 2004.

Scores of people are also alleged to have gone missing in the vast, sparsely populated province since then and their families have accused intelligence agencies of carrying out the abductions. The region has also been hit by attacks blamed on Taliban militants.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has been hearing a case filed by Balochistan Bar Council pertaining to law and order situation and violations of human rights in the province.

However, no major change has been seen in the region despite hue and cries of the higher judiciary.

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