Blast in Pakistan's Lahore kills at least one, rescue official says

A soldier stands guard at the police screen as investigators collect evidence at the scene of a blast in a upscale neighborhood in Lahore, Pakistan February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb blast in an upscale shopping centre in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore killed at least 10 people on Thursday, a provincial government spokesman said, the latest attack in a surge of violence that has shaken the country.

"It was a bomb blast with a huge sound impact that smashed the windows of almost all the buildings around," said Punjab government spokesman Malik Mohammad Khan.