An explosion near Quetta’s police lines has killed two policemen and injured 12 people including six policemen.
According to police IG Tahir Rai, explosives were planted in a motorcycle. Police and rescue teams arrived at the site after the explosion.
The injured are in a critical state and are being shifted to hospitals by rescue teams.
Security forces have sealed the area and have launched a search operation.
Chief Minister of Balochistan Jam Kamal Khan has condemned the incident.
“Terrorist elements want to ruin the province’s peace. [We] will never allow terrorists to succeed in their nefarious plans,” he was quoted as saying in a statement.
The chief minister directed officials to submit a report into the attack and to provide the best available treatment facilities to the injured.