Pakistan’s major Opposition parties on Sunday held their third joint rally despite security threats in the Balochistan capital, Quetta, as part of their nationwide campaign to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan.

The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), a coalition of 11 Opposition parties formed on September 20, earlier held two massive back-to-back gatherings in Gujranwala and Karachi this month.

As the meeting began at the Ayub Stadium in Quetta, the city was hit by a blast that killed three people and injured seven in the Hazarganji area, 35 to 40 minutes away from the rally site. According to the police, an improvised explosive device (IED) was planted on a motorcycle.

Undeterred by the blast, the PDM leaders went ahead with the rally. It was attended by PDM president Maulana Fazlur Rehman and other top leaders of the coalition.

Addressing the rally via video link from London, PML-N chief and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif again blamed army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and ISI director-general Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed for Pakistan’s current situation. “Gen Bajwa, you will have to answer for record rigging in the 2018 elections.”