A powerful bomb went off in a busy market on the outskirts of Quetta city of southwest Pakistan today, killing two persons and injuring eight others.

The bomb went off at Kuchlak Bazar this morning near the venue of a rally organised by a political party.An eight-year-old girl was among the dead .

No group claimed responsibility for the blast, which occurred hours before an official visit to Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, by Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf.