Pakistan election: Two blasts kill 27 in Balochistan day before vote
Two bomb explosions near candidates' offices in the Pakistani province of Balochistan killed at least 27 people and wounded dozens on the eve of general elections, officials said, BBC reports.
The first blast killed 18 people in Pishin district north of Quetta city.
A second explosion left nine people dead in Qila Saifullah, about 150km (93 miles) to the east.
The vote has been marred by violence and claims of poll-rigging. Former PM Imran Khan is barred from contesting.
Police are still trying to determine the cause of the two blasts.
Resource-rich Balochistan - Pakistan's largest, and poorest, province - has a history of violence. It has seen a decades-long struggle for greater autonomy by various groups, some of them armed. Islamist militants, including the Pakistani Taliban (TTP), operate along the Afghan-Pakistani border.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack in front of an independent candidate's party office in Pishin, a town about 100km (62 miles) south-east of the Afghan border. The provincial authorities said 25 people were also wounded.
