Updated 4:44 p.m. ET

QUETTA, Pakistan

A series of bombings in different parts of Pakistan killed 115 people on Thursday, including 81 who died in a sectarian attack on a bustling billiard hall in the southwest city of Quetta, officials said.

The blasts punctuated one of the deadliest days in recent years in Pakistan, 마카오 카지노 슬롯머신 where the government faces a bloody insurgency by Taliban militants in the northwest and Baluch militants in the southwest.

The country is also home to many enemies of the U.S. that Washington has frequently targeted with drone attacks. A U.S. missile strike Thursday killed five suspected militants in the seventh such attack in two weeks, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

“These attacks serve as a powerful reminder of unsettled conditions across Pakistan” a western diplomat in Islamabad told CBS News’ Farhan Bokhari. The diplomat, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the attacks were also “indicative of an extremely tough environment in the next few months” due to this years’ election campaign, which will precede parliamentary elections between March and May.