| LAHORE: A man and two teenagers were injured on Tuesday in an explosion in a vendorÂ’s cart at Jia Musa, Shahdara. The cart was parked in front of the telephone exchange on Shahdara-Sheikhupura Road when it exploded at around 10:40pm, injuring Nabeel Sabir, 13, Raheel Amjad, 15, and an unidentified man. Amir Zulfiqar Khan, Lahore DIG (Operations), the explosion was caused by firecrackers hidden in the cart. The DIG called an emergency security meeting later on Tuesday night and ordered heightened security measures, particularly as Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz is visiting the city. Special police teams conducted raids across the city and villages on its outskirts, arresting several suspects, sources said. |