At least 11 dead, 24 hurt in Pakistan blasts

Debris on a road after a suicide bombing in Balochistan
A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a convoy of soldiers in Dasht, Pakistan. -EPA

At least 11 people are dead and 24 others are wounded after two separate blasts in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province.

A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a convoy of paramilitary soldiers in Dasht, killing five people, according to officials.

In the second incident, six people were killed and one person was seriously wounded in a blast in Chaman district of Balochistan near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. 

The incident occurred at the Bahawal taxi stand near the border, where explosives in a shop went off.

Wali Kakar of Chaman police told EFE an investigation was underway to determine whether the explosion was caused by remote control or by manual detonation of explosives.

The Balochistan government said it strongly condemned the blasts and ordered an immediate investigation into the incidents.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the attacks and issued instructions to identify those responsible and bring them to justice.

The attacks came two weeks after a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing 13 people, outside a stadium as supporters of a nationalist political party were leaving a rally near Quetta.

Pakistan has seen a surge in militant violence in recent years after the Afghan Taliban seized power in Kabul.

Most of the attacks have been claimed by the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), which operates in Balochistan.