A series of consecutive bomb explosions have rocked the politically important Pakistani city of Lahore amid rising militancy in the country.
According to police, the bombs went off near a business district in Lahore on Saturday.
At least seven people are said to have been injured in the blasts. There were no immediate reports of death.
The blasts, which took place in crowded areas, were described as low intensity.
Lahore has been the scene of a string of deadly attacks over the past few months.
The developments come after several heavily-armed gunmen attacked two separate prayer sites belonging to a minority sect in Lahore in early June.
At least 100 people were killed in the fatal incident. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Punjab claimed responsibility for the attacks.
The Saturday blasts come days after Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik warned that "Punjabi Taliban" were planning to destabilize the country.
The Pakistani military has recently launched a series of operations in an effort to clear the troubled tribal zone of militancy.
Punjab was considered the only secure sections of the country. However, Pakistani security agencies have admitted the presence of militants in southern Punjab.
A new wave of violence has undermined security in the country. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed in militant attacks throughout Pakistan since July 2007.
[Source: Press TV]
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