The attack was carried out in civil lines area near district courts of the city.
At least eight people were killed, including six civilians and two security personnel, a police official said.
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Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, local media reports said.
The security forces surrounded the nearby areas and started a search operation.
Initial reports said 25 people have also been injured in the blast, the Express Tribune reported.
The blast targeted a Frontier Corps convoy, sources were quoted as saying.
In January, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a polio vaccination centre in Quetta, killing at least 15 people, mainly police personnel.
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