The blast took place near a convoy carrying Senator Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, the deputy chairman of Pakistan's upper house, as it left a mosque in Mastung.
Police official Safar Khan told AFP news agency it was not clear whether it was a bomb or a suicide attack.
Many other people were reported to have been injured in the blast.
Senator Haideri told Reuters news agency he sustained minor injuries.
BBC
12/5/17
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A bomb exploded next to a convoy of the deputy chairman of the Pakistan Senate Friday in the violence-plagued province of Baluchistan, killing at least 25 people, officials said.
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REUTERS