A suicide bomber has set off an explosive device prematurely, killing himself but harming no one else in the blast on a deserted road in northwest Pakistan.

Officials say a suicide bomber blew himself up at a train station in restive southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 26 people, including soldiers, and wounding 62 others

More than two dozen people were killed after a suicide bomber attacked a crowded train station in Quetta, Pakistan, on Saturday. The Balochistan Liberation Army, a separatist group seeking independence from Islamabad,

The attack happened when nearly 100 passengers were waiting for a train to travel to the garrison city of Rawalpindi from Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, according to Hamza Shafqaat, a senior government administrator.

Pakistan's railways suspended all train services on Monday to and from a restive southwestern province where a suicide bombing at a train station over the weekend killed 26 people, including soldiers and railway staff.

Pakistan Railways has suspended train services to Quetta station after a deadly explosion killed 26 and injured 62. The closure lasts from November 11 to 14 for passenger safety. The Bolan Mail and Jaffar Express will resume services later in November.