QUETTA, Pakistan: At least 22 people were killed in three attacks in Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said, including 11 who died after a suicide bomber targeted a political rally in the southwestern province of Balochistan.

Another 40 people were wounded in that explosion, which took place in the parking lot of a stadium in the provincial capital, Quetta, where hundreds of members of the Balochistan National Party (BNP) had gathered.

Two provincial officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the details of the attack.

Elsewhere in Balochistan, five paramilitary personnel were killed and four wounded when a homemade bomb exploded as their convoy passed through a district near the Iranian border.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for either attack.

Since January 1, over 430 people, mostly members of the security forces, have been killed in violence carried out by armed groups fighting the state in Balochistan and the neighboring province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

In a separate incident on Tuesday, six soldiers were killed when their base was targeted by a suicide attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

The militant group Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan claimed responsibility for that attack.

Balochistan is Pakistan's largest and most resource-rich province but also its poorest, regularly ranking among the lowest on human development indicator scorecards.

The BNP campaigns for greater rights and economic investment in the well-being of members of the Baloch ethnicity.

China has been investing significantly in infrastructure projects linked to its One Belt One Road initiative since 2014, yet many Baloch argue that the benefits have only been reaped by outsiders.

Pakistani forces have battled an insurgency in the province for over a decade, with 782 people killed in 2024 alone.