PM Nawaz arrives in Quetta, visits injured at Civil Hospital

QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday reached Balochistan's provincial capital Quetta after a suicide bombing at the Civil Hospital in which at least 70 people lost their lives.

Along with Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, the prime minister visited the Civil Hospital and inquired about the health of the wounded.

He said that no one would be allowed to disturb the peace of the province, adding that security forces and the people of Balochistan had lost their lives for peace.

As many as 112 people were injured when a powerful explosion ripped through Quetta’s Civil Hospital on Monday.

The explosion took place when Balochistan Bar Association President Bilal Kasi's body was being brought to the emergency department. He was gunned down at Mano Jan Road earlier today. Former Balochistan Bar President Baz Muhammad Kakar was injured in the attack. He later succumbed to his wounds at the hospital.

Police said that unknown men opened fire after the blast. Panic tore through the hospital after the incident. The blast occurred near the emergency department of the hospital.

The Daesh militant group claimed responsibility for the attack.