Pakistani authorities detained more than 5,000 people during the operation after the terrorist attack in Lahore, Reuters reported quoting the provincial minister.

A suicide bomber hit a park in the city of Lahore in the northeast of Pakistan at Easter as a result of which more than 70 were killed, over 300 people were injured in the evening on March 27, RIA Novosti reported.

 Earlier it was reported that Pakistan will resort to the help of internal troops’ divisions of the Punjab province after the terrorist attacks in its capital Lahore. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar group, which is the part of the Pakistani Taliban movement claimed responsibility for the attack.