A bomb has exploded in the Hazarguanji area of Quetta while the Pakistan Democratic Movement PDM Quetta Jalsa is in progress. Casualties feared.

Police officials told media that the explosive material was planted on a motorcycle while one vehicle and motorcycles parked at the scene caught fire after the bomb explosion.

Earlier according to the alert issued by the counter-terrorism watchdog, a terrorist attack is being planned on political and religious leaders of the country in the two provincial capitals.

It is pertinent to mention here that the explosion rocked the Quetta city when the opposition alliance, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), is organizing a public gathering today at Ayub Stadium.