1 killed, 13 injured in Karachi blast

Islamabad : At least one security person was killed and 13 injured Thursday when a massive blast took place at a paramilitary force’s headquarters in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, a media report said.

The bombing happened at about 7 a.m. near the main gate of the headquarters of Rangers, a paramilitary force, in the Nazimabad area of Karachi, reported Xinhua citing Geo TV.

Another TV channel said that it was a suicide car bomb attack.

Following the blast, part of the headquarters building collapsed and caught fire.