Karachi, Feb 28 (PTI) A bomb blast in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Friday injured ten people including a security official, according to officials.

The explosion took place on a main road in Quetta near a convoy of the paramilitary Frontier Corps, Gawalmandi Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Anwar Ali told reporters.

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He said the blast was apparently caused by an IED set off by remote control.

“Early investigations show the IED had 2-3 kilograms of explosives in,” Ali said.

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Five shops and a paramilitary vehicle were damaged in the blast that took place on Jan Muhammad Raod, he said.

The blast follows a few days of relative peace in the restive province where insurgent and militant groups frequently target security forces, civilians and foreigners in terror attacks.

In a separate incident in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province's Nowshera, six people, including JUI-S leader Maulana Hamidul Haq Haqqani were killed and many others injured when a suicide blast ripped through the Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary.

Three policemen were injured in the blast.

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