Lahore, June 12: At least two people have been killed in near-simultaneous blast in Pakistan, officials say.
One blast took place inside the offices of the Jamia Naeemia religious school and mosque in the eastern city of Lahore soon after Friday prayers, police said.
One of those killed in Lahore was a prominent religious leader known to oppose the Taliban, police said.
“Unfortunately, Maulana Sarfraz Naeemi has been martyred,” Pervez Rathore, a Lahore police chief, told the Reuters news agency.
Another person was killed and at least six others hurt in the attack.
Nowshera blast
The second blast took place at a mosque in Nowshera, a city in the northwestern region of the country, about 100km from the capital, Islamabad.
Thirty-two people were wounded in the attack, Abdullah Khan, the local police chief, said.
Some of the victims may have died on the way to hospital, he added.
——Agencies