Local residents carry the coffin of a bomb blast victim during a funeral in Mingora, Pakistan, January 11, 2013.
Officials in Pakistan's Baluchistan province Friday declared a three-day mourning period, following deadly bomb blasts in the province capital.
Authorities said security forces have been deployed around Quetta where political and religious groups say they will hold protests against the bombings.
The victims' funerals are set to begin Friday.
Police say two suicide bomb blasts Thursday in Quetta in a billiards hall frequented by Shi'ite Muslims killed 82 people.
The billiards hall attack came just hours after another deadly bomb blast in the Quetta market.
A string of bombings across Pakistan Thursday killed 115 people and wounded nearly 250, on one of the nation's deadliest days in years.
The outlawed militant Sunni group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has claimed responsibility for the Quetta explosions.
Shi'ites make up about 20 percent of Pakistan's mostly Sunni Muslim population of 160 million people.
Ali Dayan Hasan, the Pakistan director of Human Rights Watch, said Friday that Pakistan's Shi'ite Muslims are living in a state of siege and warned sectarian violence is likely to rise. He said "if yesterday's attack is any indication, it's just going to get worse." Four hundred Shi'ites were killed in Pakistan last year.
Pakistan Mourns Bombing Victims
1/9People mourn next to the coffins of their relatives who were killed in bombings, Quetta, Pakistan, January 11, 2013.
A string of bombings in Quetta and across Pakistan Thursday killed more than 100 people on one of the nation's deadliest days in years.
2/9People attend funeral prayers for a victim who was killed by a bomb blast, in Mingora, Swat valley, Pakistan, January 11, 2013.
A string of bombings in Quetta and across Pakistan Thursday killed more than 100 people on one of the nation's deadliest days in years.
3/9Shi'ite Muslims hold a silent protest a day after deadly blasts in Quetta, Pakistan, January 11, 2013. (H. Samsoor/VOA)
A string of bombings in Quetta and across Pakistan Thursday killed more than 100 people on one of the nation's deadliest days in years.
4/9Journalists hold a black flag outside the Quetta Press Club to mourn the three journalists killed in the January 10th explosions in the city, Quetta, Pakistan, January 11, 2013.
A string of bombings in Quetta and across Pakistan Thursday killed more than 100 people on one of the nation's deadliest days in years.
5/9A paramilitary soldier frisks a man at the entrance of a mosque in Mingora, Swat valley, Pakistan a day after deadly bombings, January 11, 2013.
A string of bombings in Quetta and across Pakistan Thursday killed more than 100 people on one of the nation's deadliest days in years.
6/9A man takes a photograph with his mobile phone of a house that was damaged by a bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan, January 11, 2013.
A string of bombings in Quetta and across Pakistan Thursday killed more than 100 people on one of the nation's deadliest days in years.
7/9People walk around the debris from a bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan, January 10, 2013. (Hameed Samsor/VOA)
A string of bombings in Quetta and across Pakistan Thursday killed more than 100 people on one of the nation's deadliest days in years.
8/9Police and residents at the site of a bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan, January 10, 2013. (Hameed Samsor/VOA)
A string of bombings in Quetta and across Pakistan Thursday killed more than 100 people on one of the nation's deadliest days in years.
9/9The site of bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan, January 10, 2013. (Hameed Samsor/VOA)
A string of bombings in Quetta and across Pakistan Thursday killed more than 100 people on one of the nation's deadliest days in years.
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