<p>A powerful suicide bombing at a religious rally in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province killed at least eight persons, including three policemen, and injured 23 others on Monday, according to media reports.</p>.<p>The bombing took place during the religious rally at the Quetta Press Club near the Shahrah-i-Adalat road. Several vehicles parked in the vicinity have also been damaged due to the impact of the blast, Dawn newspaper reported.</p>.<p>The attack came the same day UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is in Pakistan, termed the improved security situation in Pakistan as "absolutely remarkable".</p>.<p>Security personnel have cordoned off the area and are conducting a search operation. Officials added that the nature of the blast has not yet been ascertained.</p>.<p>At least eight persons, including three policemen, were killed and 23 others injured in the incident, Duniya News reported.</p>.<p>No group took responsibility of the attack but Baloch nationalists and the Taliban militants were involved in such attacks in the past.</p>.<p>Provincial home minister Zia Ullah Langu said that investigations by bomb disposal officers indicated that a suicide bomber carried out the attack, according to Duniya News.</p>.<p>Quetta is the capital of Balochistan province, the country's largest but most sparsely populated province, rich in mineral resources and the route of much of the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Imran Khan directed the authorities concerned to provide the best medical treatment to the injured.</p>.<p>Balochistan Governor Amanullah Khan Yasinzai condemned the blast and said: "Such a cowardly attack can't weaken the morale of the nation and the security forces."</p>.<p>On January 10, a blast inside a mosque in Quetta's Satellite Town area during Friday evening prayers had claimed 15 lives and left 19 people injured.</p>
<p>A powerful suicide bombing at a religious rally in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province killed at least eight persons, including three policemen, and injured 23 others on Monday, according to media reports.</p>.<p>The bombing took place during the religious rally at the Quetta Press Club near the Shahrah-i-Adalat road. Several vehicles parked in the vicinity have also been damaged due to the impact of the blast, Dawn newspaper reported.</p>.<p>The attack came the same day UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is in Pakistan, termed the improved security situation in Pakistan as "absolutely remarkable".</p>.<p>Security personnel have cordoned off the area and are conducting a search operation. Officials added that the nature of the blast has not yet been ascertained.</p>.<p>At least eight persons, including three policemen, were killed and 23 others injured in the incident, Duniya News reported.</p>.<p>No group took responsibility of the attack but Baloch nationalists and the Taliban militants were involved in such attacks in the past.</p>.<p>Provincial home minister Zia Ullah Langu said that investigations by bomb disposal officers indicated that a suicide bomber carried out the attack, according to Duniya News.</p>.<p>Quetta is the capital of Balochistan province, the country's largest but most sparsely populated province, rich in mineral resources and the route of much of the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Imran Khan directed the authorities concerned to provide the best medical treatment to the injured.</p>.<p>Balochistan Governor Amanullah Khan Yasinzai condemned the blast and said: "Such a cowardly attack can't weaken the morale of the nation and the security forces."</p>.<p>On January 10, a blast inside a mosque in Quetta's Satellite Town area during Friday evening prayers had claimed 15 lives and left 19 people injured.</p>