Condemn in the strongest terms the cowardly attack in Quetta. 4 years on still no implementation of NAP.
At least 15 people embraced martyrdom while 25 others were injured as a blast targeting an army truck rocked Pishin stop area of Balochistan province’s Quetta city, ARY News reported on Saturday.
The blast occurred near a hospital at Pishin bus stop, meters away from Frontier Corps Headquarters.
Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed that at least 15 people including eight security forces’ personnel embraced martyrdom while 25 others were injured in the blast in which a security forces’ vehicle was targeted.
ISPR added that eight out of the martyred were forces’ personnel.
Interior Minister Balochistan Sarfraz Bugti told ARY News that it was a huge blast but he cannot say anything about the nature of blast. He added that a rescue operation was still underway.
The blast was so huge that all the cars parked in the area caught fire.
Police and rescue officials soon reached the spot and have started rescue work and at least 15 injured were moved to Quetta’s Civil Hospital.
According to ARY News Quetta correspondent Mustafa Tareen, five of the injured victims are said to be in critical condition.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but anti-state militants have attacked Quetta city in the past.
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