article_snippet: Young Pakistanis take part in the protests today .
article_snippet: The Pakistani Taliban  vowed to continue The Pakistani Taliban   campaign for the enforcement of Sharia law.
article_snippet: Violence in Lahore has been rising after the government's failed attempts to hold peace talks with the Taliban .
article_snippet: But Lahore, in the eastern part of Pakistan, is generally considered peaceful.
article_snippet: However, violence there has been increasing after the government's failed attempts to hold peace talks with the Taliban last year.
article_snippet: After these failed, the military launched an offensive in the remote northwestern region of North Waziristan along the Afghan border to push the Taliban from the last major region the Taliban controlled.
article_snippet: Lahore is the capital of Punjab, Pakistan's wealthiest and most populous province as well as the political heartland of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who criticised the deadliest attack on the country's Christians.
article_snippet: A statement carried by state media said: 'Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif ed the Lahore blasts and directed provincial governments to ensure the security of public and provincial governments properties.'
highlights_snippet: Taliban splinter group