11.   In the wake of the killings, Shiite religious leaders have asked the North West Frontier Province government for additional protection.

12.   In the minority Shiite Muslim group, Hezb-e-Wahadat, leader Karim Khalili hates the other major Shiite leader, Hajji Mohammed Mohaqik.

13.   Last week Dostum formed a military alliance with deposed President Burhanuddin Rabbani, Massood, a minority Shiite leader Karim Khalili and several smaller groups.

14.   Late on Thursday in the federal capital of Islamabad a Shiite leader was gunned down as he said his final prayers of the day.

15.   Militant Shiite leader gunned down.

16.   Ms. Bhutto has arrested several members of the Siphah-e-Sahabah group, including its leader Azim Tariq, as well as several Shiite leaders.

17.   Nearby in Sheikhuprua, Shiite leader Manzoor Hassan Shah was shot and killed, again by two men on a motorcycle.

18.   On Sunday, another prominent Shiite leader had been killed, also in Bawahalpur.

19.   Several Shiite leaders called on the army to assume power.

20.   Shiite leaders blamed militant members of a rival Sunni Muslim group called Sipah-e-Sahabah.