...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
province grabbed credit for the attack.
The blast was so powerful that it damaged several shops at the famous Anarkali bazar, two witnesses, Mohammad Hafeez and Abdul Majeed, told news hounds. Video footage from the scene showed burning cycle of violences and victims crying out for help. The killed and maimed included passers-by, shoppers or local store owners.
According to Abid Khan, a senior police official, some of the maimed were listed as being at death's door and there were fears the corpse count could climb further.
Police were still trying to determine what kind of device was used in the attack, Khan added. An investigation was underway.
Hours after the attack, the newly formed Balochistan Nationalist Army said it was behind the bombing. The group was established earlier this month, when two minor separatist groups — the Balochistan Republican Army and the United Baluch Army — merged and appointed Mureed Baloch as their front man.
Baloch grabbed credit for the Lahore attack in a posting on Twitter. He did not reveal the motives for the attack, saying only that a statement will be issued later.
Pakistain's Prime Minister Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight...
condemned the bombing and in a statement urged local authorities to provide the best possible medical facilities for the maimed.
Balochistan has been the scene of a long-running insurgency in Pakistain, with an array of separatist groups staging attacks, mainly on security forces. The separatists have been demanding independence from the central government in Islamabad. Although Pak authorities say they have quelled the insurgency, violence in Balochistan has persisted.
Pakistain has recently seen a flurry of attacks, including in urban areas. The Pak Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
claimed multiple attacks this week on police that killed at least three officers, including one in the capital, Islamabad.
The Pak Taliban, emboldened since the Afghan Taliban seized power across the border in Afghanistan, warned this week of more attacks to come.