In Pakistan, the death toll in the Taliban suicide bombing near residence-cum-office of Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore rose to 27 after a 12-year-old boy today succumbed to his injuries. <br/><br/>The boy, who was a toy seller, was passing by when the Taliban suicide bomber struck a police team yesterday. The condition of three of the 60 injured is still critical. <br/><br/>A suicide bomber on a motorcycle approached the police contingent deployed at the anti-encroachment drive outside the Arfa Karim Tower, near the chief minister's Model Town residence, and blew himself up.<br/><br/>The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed the responsibility for the attack.