A powerful bomb blast in the centre of the Pakistani city of Lahore has wounded several people, according to local media.
The explosion on Monday went off in Lahore's Mall Road during a protest attended by hundreds pharmacists in the eastern city.
Local police official Ali Raza told the Associated Press news agency that the blast occurred when a man on a motorcycle rammed into the crowd of protesters.
"Rescue workers rushed to the scene," Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder, reporting from Lahore, said.
Police said it is not yet clear how many people may have been killed or wounded in the bombing.
Live TV registered a loud bang and showed smoke billowing up as people ran away, some of them carrying the wounded.
Lahore was the site of an Easter Day bombing that killed more than 70 people in a public park last year.
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