61.   Six others have been gunned down in incidents since Monday, police said, blaming the attacks on militants of the extremist Shiite and Sunni groups.

62.   Some militant Sunni groups in Pakistan resent the performing of the rites in public.

63.   Tehran is concerned at security problems in the region posed by extremist Sunni groups based in Pakistan.

64.   The government last month launched a crackdown on both Shiite and Sunni groups involved in sectarian violence.

65.   The government last month launched a crackdown in Punjab on both Shiite and Sunni groups involved in sectarian violence.