Pakistan: Blast in Quetta Hazara town; several reported injured

A large explosion occurred in Quetta's Hazara Town area on Saturday, with initial reports suggesting several people were injured in the blast. According to DawnNews, the blast took place near a girls' school in the Aliabad area of Hazara Town, a locality populated mainly by the ethnic Hazara Shia minority which has been targeted by extremist militant groups in the past. Initial reports suggested several people were wounded in the blast. Emergency was imposed at all hospitals in Quetta following the blast. Police and rescue teams were on their way to the site of the explosion.