Pakistan Bomb Kills four in lahore District.

At least four people were killed and dozens
injured when a bomb went off in a busy
food street in Pakistan's eastern city of
Lahore, officials say.
Local media said the explosion happened
as people sat eating at restaurants in the
Anarkali area on Saturday night.
At least 30 people were believed to have
been wounded, with some in a critical
condition. Children were reportedly among
the casualties.
There was no immediate claim of
responsibility.
The attack was the first of its kind for three
years
in Lahore, the capital of Pakistan's
Punjab province and home city of newly
elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
However, there has been a series of attacks
around
the country since Mr Sharif was
sworn in last month – blamed on Islamist
groups including the Pakistan Taliban –
which have left more than 150 people
dead.
The bomb was placed in an outdoor eating
area in the old part of Lahore and
detonated at a particularly busy part of the
evening.
Pictures taken shortly after the explosion
show broken chairs and tables lying on the
ground.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing
windowpanes smashed and furniture from
the food stalls destroyed.
"The blast site is just few metres away and
the blast was so loud that I was stunned
for a while," shopkeeper Naseed Ahmed
told Reuters.
"There was chaos everywhere."
Local resident Mohammad Anwer said
more should be done to protect people.
"This happened on the weekend when
there is huge crowd gathered here," he
told Reuters news agency.
"The government should do something
about these kinds of incidents. People feel
very insecure."
Police official Zulfiqar Hameed said the
bomb was connected to a deep freezer in
one of the restaurants, according to the
news agency.
Mr Sharif has called on the leaders of all
major political parties to meet on Friday to
discuss initial ideas for a new security
strategy to tackle the growing threat posed
by militants.
But the BBC's Richard Galpin in the capital
Islamabad says it could be months before
any plan comes into effect.

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