Karachi (Pakistan): At least five people were killed and 20 others injured in an explosion in Karachi's Gulshan-e-Iqbal area on Wednesday, Pakistani media reported.
All injured and deceased have been taken to Patel hospital, local reports said quoting officials.
According to reports, the explosion took place at a four-storey building opposite the Karachi University Maskan gate.
The cause of the blast is not yet known, and the police are reportedly determining the nature of the explosion.
However, reports quoted Mubina Town police SHO saying that it "seems to be a cylinder blast." The official added that the bomb disposal squad was on its way to verify the cause of the explosion.
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The impact of the explosion left windowpanes of the nearby building shattered, local media reported. Eyewitnesses reported that some vehicles near the building were also damaged.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has directed the Karachi commissioner to submit a detailed report over the incident.
The incident comes just a day after five people were injured after a bomb exploded at the entrance of a bus terminal near the city's Sheerin Jinnah Colony. Police investigators said it was an improvised explosive device (IED) that was planted at the gate of the terminal.
(With inputs from agencies)
