5 killed in blast outside police station in Quetta

E-Paper | March 16, 2026

At least five people have been killed after a loud explosion outside the City police station in Quetta, DawnNewsTV reported quoting police and hospital officials.

According to the spokesman for Quetta's Civil Hospital, Waseem Baig, around 34 people have also been injured in the blast, the nature of which was not immediately clear.

The dead and injured have been shifted to Civil Hospital where an emergency was imposed to treat the injured.

Balochistan Inspector General of Police Mohsin Hassan Butt told DawnNewsTV that police were apparently the target of the blast and policemen are among those injured.

The blast shattered the glass windows of nearby shopping malls and shops. The sound of the explosion was heard far and wide, causing panic among the people.

The City police station is located near Bacha Khan Chowk area of Quetta. It is one of the busiest neighbourhoods of the city.

Security officials have cordoned off the site of the blast.

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Syed Ali Shah is DawnNews' Quetta bureau chief.

He tweets @alishahjourno

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Hindustani

Jul 30, 2019 08:09pm

Right to self determination is a fundamental right of Balochis.

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Lilly

Jul 30, 2019 08:30pm

And they want to host Australia and England cricket teams it seems. Even Afghans won't walk knowingly into a death trap.

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Vivek Lahore

Jul 30, 2019 08:38pm

Whats happening?? The country under attack.

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Jul 30, 2019 08:47pm

Sad

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desi dimag

Jul 30, 2019 08:52pm

RIP.

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Khurram

Jul 30, 2019 09:56pm

Too many lives lost today in different incidents. Sad day.

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Bharat mata ki jay

Jul 30, 2019 09:59pm

Great it should happen daily

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Asif A. Shah

Jul 30, 2019 10:21pm

We have a long way to go in order to bring about peace in Baluchistan. In the meantime, we must continue to build credible civil institutions across Pakistan. At the end of the day, we will be able to hand over a peaceful Pakistan to our posterity.

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Adam

Jul 30, 2019 11:54pm

@Hindustani, right to self-determination is the right of every Kashmiri and that is a disputed territory, Baluchistan is not. So you guys should stop sending in your agents to kill innocent people and create chaos. Infact it is you who are the trouble makers and then act as if you are the victims. Shame on you.

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Adam

Jul 30, 2019 11:57pm

@Lilly, yeh that's what your goal is right to create chaos so cricket teams dont come here. Well tell you what you are trying to dig a hole for us but you will eventually fall urself in it. What goes around comes around.

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Adam

Jul 30, 2019 11:58pm

@Bharat mata ki jay, what if it starts happening in your bharat daily.

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Umar

Jul 31, 2019 12:03am

@Hindustani, Khalistan, Assam and Kashmir are also in the same category. Let's see who wins out.

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Kam

Jul 31, 2019 12:04am

@Hindustani, what about kashmiris??

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Abbas shah

Jul 31, 2019 12:27am

Terrorist still active why?

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Abbas Khan

Jul 31, 2019 12:34am

@Hindustani, and Kashmir?

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M. Afzal Riaz, MD

Jul 31, 2019 12:34am

With in a State, there is no self determination. As a Provincial Government, there are Rights to Govern but not saparatio n for Balochis. There are others who live there as well.

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flying star

Jul 31, 2019 12:40am

@Hindustani, What about Khalistan ,Kashmir etc......?

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Hamza Ahmed

Jul 31, 2019 12:56am

@Hindustani, So do Kashmiris

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AXH

Jul 31, 2019 01:03am

The harder Modi and Doval will try to create chaos, the more it will fire back. I wonder why this started all of a sudden only after IK had a successful trip to the US.

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AXH

Jul 31, 2019 01:04am

@Hindustani, - "Right to self determination is a fundamental right of Balochis." First understand what a right to self determination is and then comment on it.

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M. Mushtaq Ahmed

Jul 31, 2019 01:57am

@Hindustani, same goes true to split India into Asam etc.

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Ghaznavi

Jul 31, 2019 02:02am

@Hindustani, India and Afghanistan causing terror in Balochistan.

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Alex

Jul 31, 2019 04:04am

@Hindustani, So is for Kashmir's

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Danish

Jul 31, 2019 04:37am

Ik must remove chief minister and IG police for not controlling the situation in province. Hand over to pak army restore peace in province.

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Saeed, Pulwama, Occupied Kashmir

Jul 31, 2019 05:12am

@ Hindustani, but violence is not a right... India should stop supporting terrorism in other countries, including China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.

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Aman

Jul 31, 2019 06:09am

For sure at the end of the day terrorists will not win

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