Report: 12 dead in Pakistani blast

Police in Pakistan say at least 12 people have died in an explosion in the eastern city of Lahore.

The blast devastated a federal police office while private TV footage showed the badly damaged façade of a large, multiple-story concrete building, with rubble scattered across an intersection.

Flames shot up from part of the wreckage and several cars were damaged.

Police official Mohammad Abbas said that a second blast wounded several people in an upscale residential district.

The cause of the explosions were not immediately clear.