--- description: The explosion in Lahore's Gulberg area came hours after a blast at another upscale market killed at least five people and wounded 21. title: Fresh Explosion Heard in Pakistani City of Lahore image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt99765c028de6f4dc/6988bb7ccd1bba9f6f70413f/gettyimages-643999708.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Pakistan](/tag/pakistan/) ## Pakistan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Second Explosion Has Been Heard in Another Upscale Neighborhood of the Pakistani City of Lahore by [Mehreen Zahra-Malik / Reuters](/author/reuters/) ## Mehreen Zahra-Malik / Reuters Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 23, 2017 8:47 AM CUT  Pakistani security officials cordon off the site of a bomb attack in Lahore on February 23, 2017. Pakistani security officials cordon off the site of a bomb attack in Lahore on February 23, 2017.ARIF ALI—AFP/Getty Images by [Mehreen Zahra-Malik / Reuters](/author/reuters/) ## Mehreen Zahra-Malik / Reuters Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 23, 2017 8:47 AM CUT ISLAMABAD — A powerful explosion hit near a second upscale market in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Thursday, a government official said, the latest in a new surge of violence across the country. There were no immediate reports of casualties. An second explosion in Lahore’s Gulberg area came hours after a blast at another upscale market killed at least five people and wounded 21. “Initial reports are of an explosion in the Gulberg area,” a Punjab government official told Reuters, requesting anonymity until authorities had more details. He said the explosion occurred on a main boulevard lined with shopping plazas and restaurants. Pakistan has been struck by a wave of terrorist attacks in recent weeks, killing at least 130 people across the country and leaving hundreds wounded. The worst of the attacks was at a Sufi shrine in southern Sindh province that killed 90 people this month. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4679930/lahore-explosion-gulberg-terrorism/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4679930/lahore-explosion-gulberg-terrorism/"},"headline":"A Second Explosion Has Been Heard in Another Upscale Neighborhood of the Pakistani City of Lahore","datePublished":"2017-02-23T08:47:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:28:35.292Z","description":"It comes just hours after a blast at another upscale location killed at least five people and wounded 21","url":"https://time.com/4679930/lahore-explosion-gulberg-terrorism/","keywords":["Pakistan","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt99765c028de6f4dc/6988bb7ccd1bba9f6f70413f/gettyimages-643999708.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mehreen Zahra-Malik / Reuters"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt99765c028de6f4dc/6988bb7ccd1bba9f6f70413f/gettyimages-643999708.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"PAKISTAN-UNREST","caption":"PAKISTAN-UNREST","creditText":"ARIF ALI—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/pakistan/","name":"Pakistan"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4679930/lahore-explosion-gulberg-terrorism/","name":"A Second Explosion Has Been Heard in Another Upscale Neighborhood of the Pakistani City of Lahore"}}]}] ```