Islamabad , Pakistan ( CNN ) -- Two separate bomb blasts in different parts of Pakistan on Sunday killed a total of at least 47 people and wounded more than 90 others , authorities said . The attacks are the latest in a series of violent acts that have struck Pakistan in recent weeks , underscoring the daunting challenges faced by security forces and the new government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif . The deadlier of the two explosions Sunday hit Hazara Town , a Shiite Muslim district on the outskirts of the southwestern city of Quetta . A suicide bomber blew himself up , killing at least 30 people and wounding 50 others , police said . Hazara Town gets its name from the Hazaras , a Shiite minority from neighboring Afghanistan many of whom have settled in and around Quetta . Hundreds of Shiites , including many Hazaras , have been killed in bloody attacks over the past year and a half by extremist groups in Pakistan , a predominantly Sunni Muslim country . Roadside bomb kills 17 in northwest Pakistan . Human rights groups have criticized the failure of authorities to clamp down on Lashkar-e-Jhangvi , a Sunni organization that has admitted carrying out much of the violence against Shiites . Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for Sunday 's bombing in Hazara Town , the Urdu-language Express newspaper reported . CNN was n't able to reach the group for comment . The other bomb attack Sunday targeted a paramilitary convoy on patrol near the northwestern city of Peshawar , the gateway to Pakistan 's tribal region , a largely ungoverned area where the Pakistani Taliban and other militant groups operate . At least 40 kilograms ( 88 pounds ) of explosives were packed into a parked vehicle and detonated remotely as the Frontier Corps convoy passed through the area of Bedhber , killing 17 people and wounding 42 others , according to police and hospital officials . Pakistani government officials condemned both the attacks that took place Sunday . The weekend violence came as British Prime Minister David Cameron visited Pakistan and met with Sharif , who took office last month . The bombings followed a number of other shocking attacks in the past month and national elections in May that were plagued by killings of participants . Last weekend , gunmen opened fire at a lodge at the base of one of Pakistan 's highest peaks , killing 10 foreign tourists and a Pakistani guide . The weekend before that , militants bombed a university bus in Quetta , killing 12 young women on board . They then attacked a hospital where survivors from the blast were taken for treatment , leaving another 14 people dead . Actress in critical condition after acid attack in Pakistan . CNN 's Saima Mohsin reported from Islamabad , and Jethro Mullen wrote from Hong Kong .
NEW : The death toll from a bombing in a Shiite suburb of Quetta rises to 30 . A Sunni extremist group reportedly claims responsibility . An attack on a paramilitary convoy in the northwest of the country kills 17 people . The violence highlights the challenges faced by Pakistan 's new government .