In Pakistan, at least nine people were killed and 15 others injured in a suicide blast near the Arfa Karim IT Tower on Lahore's Ferozepur Road today.<br/><br/> Police officials said, an anti-encroachment drive was underway in the area when the explosion took place. <br/><br/>The anti-riot police officials were deployed for the drive. The injured include six policemen. Rescue officials have shifted them to nearby hospitals. <br/><br/>Police and other law enforcement personnel have reached the site of the incident and cordoned off the area. Forensics teams have started collecting evidence from the blast site. <br/><br/>The cause or nature of the explosion has not been ascertained as yet. The area where the explosion occurred is a busy locality near the office of Punjab chief minister.