Islamabad, March 16 (RHC)-- Three bomb attacks have taken place across Pakistan, leaving at least 16 people dead and dozens of others injured.

In the first attack, which was carried out in a crowded marketplace in the Orangi Town neighborhood of Karachi on Saturday night, at least two people lost their lives and 12 others sustained injures.

“The bomb was planted in a cement block. Those killed and wounded were civilians, the injured included two children,” Ali Asif, a senior police official said. He added that two motorcycles were destroyed in the bomb attack which also damaged “several nearby shops.”

Meanwhile, separately in Lahore, twin blasts near two churches in a Christian neighborhood of the city killed at least 14 people and injured nearly 70 others on Sunday. According to police spokeswoman Nabeela Ghazanfar, the deadly explosions hit Youhanabad area, where over 100,000 Christians live. She added that a state of emergency has been declared in all the city's hospitals.