ISLAMABAD , Pakistan ( CNN ) -- An explosion killed at least 22 people and wounded 60 others Tuesday in the central Pakistani city of Dera Ghazi Khan , said a rescue service official . The dead included two children , three women and 17 men , said , Mubarak Ali Athar , the regional police chief in Dera Ghazi Khan . Three people were critically injured , he said . The blast ripped through a market located near the house of a senior adviser to the chief minister of Punjab province , said the official , Mohammed Hasnain . The adviser , Sardar Zulfiqar Muhammad Khosa , is a former provincial governor and a senior opposition party politician . He said he was the target of the attack , though police initially said he was not the intended target . Khosa told CNN that none of his family members were in the house when the attack occurred . He also said that he had never before received any threats against his life . The attacker detonated his car in front of the main gate at Khosa 's house , said Hassan Iqbal , a senior government official . About 20 shops in the market were left in heaps of rubble . Journalist Umar Aziz Khan contributed to this report .
Attack on market in Dera Ghazi Khan leaves 22 dead , 60 wounded . Attacker detonated car in front of Sardar Zulfiqar Muhammad Khosa 's home . Former provincial governor claims he was intended target of attack .