on Quetta's Sariab Road rose to 13 late Tuesday, with several others injured, hospital officials said. The explosion destroyed the busy area in the evening, leaving several of the maimed at death's door.
"The incident near Shahwani Stadium was apparently a suicide blast," a Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) spokesperson said, adding that teams are collecting evidence from the scene.
Pakistain witnessed a surge in terror activities, particularly in its Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
provinces, since 2021.
''We have confirmed 13 deaths, with several more injured,'' said Dr Hadi Kakar, MS of Civil Hospital Quetta. ''Five of the injured are at death's door.''
Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti, in a statement, condemned the blast in the strongest words, calling it a cowardly attack on innocent people.
He said those behind the bombing were enemies of humanity, spilling the blood of ordinary citizens to spread fear.
''We will crush their nefarious designs,'' Bugti vowed, adding that the attackers would be hunted down and punished.
The chief minister directed hospitals to give the injured the best possible treatment and told doctors and staff to remain on alert. ''No negligence will be tolerated,'' he warned.