LAHORE: A powerful bomb went off outside Punjab Assembly on Mall Road in Lahore, leaving scores of people injured, reported. <br /> <br />Among the injured are several policemen, women and media persons. <br /> <br />According to information reaching here, a sit-in was being staged by Punjab Medical Stores Association on Chairing Cross, Mall Road when the blast occurred. <br /> <br />Many vehicles parked near the blast site caught fire, triggering panic and chaos in the area. A DSNG of Aaj TV was badly damaged following the blast. <br /> <br />Heavy police force and rescue teams reached the scene and started shifting the wounded to hospitals. <br /> <br />Many of those injured were rushed to nearby Mayor Hospital. <br /> <br />Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah confirmed the blast, saying that police failed to maintain a high level security due to massive participation of people in the protest. <br /> <br />"It is premature to say anything about the nature of the blast and the exact number of injured people," he said
