MULTAN: Casualties are feared in the twin blasts in Qasim Bela area of Multan Cantt near a building of a sensitive agency, Geo News reported Tuesday.
Rescue teams including 1122, police and other relief teams arrived on the spot. Police put security cordon around the whole area of blast site.
The injured are being shifted to the nearby hospitals including Nishtar Hospital, Civil Hospital and CMH, where state of emergency has been declared.
According to Geo News correspondent, two bomb blasts occurred where casualties are feared. The blast was so powerful that the windowpanes of the nearby buildings were smashed to pieces.
The media is denied access to the blast site thanks to the sensitivity of the area.
It should be mentioned that the blast occurred in the constituency of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani.
According to an eyewitness, he was passing from the area when he heard a low-intensity blast followed by a massive explosion, adding the ISI building was more than half damaged as a result of bombings.