ISLAMABAD (Pajhwok): Several persons were injured in a blast in Pakistan's southwest Quetta city of Balochistan province on Sunday evening, according to rescue and police officials.

At least two persons were seriously injured in an explosion outside a government building on Airport Road in Quetta, Balochistan's provincial capital, at around 8:00 p.m. local time. Xinhua news agency quoted Muhammad Mehboob, a senior officer of the Edhi Foundation Quetta's rescue department, as saying.

Following the incident, a large number of police officers and rescue teams arrived in the area and taken the injured to a local hospital, where at least one person was believed to be in critical condition.

A search operation was launched as security forces blocked off the area. The cause of the explosion is still being investigated, according to police.

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