[EXPRESS.CO.UK] Pak police confirmed that a jacket wallah was behind the blast at a public park in the eastern Pak city.The park was particularly busy on Sunday evening due to the Easter holiday weekend.
Taliban splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar has grabbed credit for the attack and said they specifically targeted Pakistain's Christian minority.
Speaking on behalf of the sick jihadis, Ehsanullah Ehsan
...formerly the front man for the Pak Taliban, now the lips and tongue of the Jamaatul Ahrar splinter group in Mohmand Agency...
said: "The target were Christians.
"We want to send this message to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
that we have entered Lahore.
"He can do what he wants but he won't be able to stop us. Our suicide bombers will continue these attacks."
Police sources had earlier said the bombing appeared to target "Christian families" celebrating Easter.
Mustansar Feroz, police superintendent for the area, said: "Most of the dead and injured are women and kiddies."
While senior police officer Haider Ashraf said the area was crowded with Christians celebrating Easter.
The blast occurred in the parking area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, just outside the exit gate and a few metres away from children's swings.
Eyewitnesses describing seeing body parts strewn across the parking lot once the blast's dust had settled.
Most of the victims were women and kiddies, according to a rescue service front man.
According to doctors at the Jinnah Hospital, many injured are at death's door and fear the corpse count may rise.
Media footage showed children and women crying and screaming and rescue officials, police and bystanders rushing injured people to ambulances.
The terror attack happened at the heart of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's political base of Punjab.