11.   The assailants escaped, but police say the killer may be the suspect behind two similar shootings of local government officials recently.

12.   The attack occurred in the same area where an Israeli couple was killed in a similar shooting last month.

13.   The reason for the attack was unclear, but similar shootings at taxi stands usually involved a dispute between rival taxi operators over routes.

14.   A TJP leader was also killed in similar shooting in Okara last month.

15.   Unidentified gunmen seriously wounded a Shiite Moslem political party activist Monday, in a shooting similar to several fatal attacks over the past few weeks, police said.

16.   Seven people have died in the past six weeks in a series of similar shootings linked to Moslem sectarian tensions in the southern part of Punjab.

17.   Seven people have died over the past six weeks in a series of similar shootings linked to Moslem sectarian tensions in the southern part of Punjab.