At least 35 people were killed and 250 others were wounded in triple bomb blasts targeting Shiite religious procession in Lahore on Wednesday
Two of the blasts were suicide attacks, while the third was from a timed device, according to local police officials.
Scores of people died and were hurt in three bomb explosions pile pressure on a government already overwhelmed by floods.
Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, in a speech to the cabinet on Wednesday, said the country had suffered economic losses of $43 billion from the deluge.
US officials fear militants might seek to exploit the state's current weakness to intensify attacks.
No one took responsibility for the blast and in the past al-Qaeda linked militants based in Pakistan have struck at Shiite targets.
The attack sparked immediate protests by angry residents who have endured months of violent suicide bombingss, most recently the July attack on the shrine of a Sufi saint, which killed more than 40 people.
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