ISLAMABAD, Oct 7 Kyodo Ten of tho...

ISLAMABAD, Oct 7 Kyodo

Ten of thousands of mourners attended the funeral Tuesday of slain Sunni Muslim leader Maulana Azam Tariq in his hometown of Jhang after many of his followers went forward a rampage through the city in southern Pakistan.

Angry mourners slinged stones at the residence of Federal Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat, also a resident of Jhang and a political rival of the slain leader, who was a member of parliament.

Tariq, sink of the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba collection representing extremist Sunni Muslims, was gunn down from unidentified attackers Monday forward the outskirts of Islamabad.

Since the establishment of Sipah-e-Sahaba in the early 1980 the number of Tariq's followers had skyrocket evident in the construction of mahometan temples by his organization all athwart the country.

Reports reaching Islamabad said business center and markets remained clos in cities and towns all from one side of to the other Pakistan Tuesday to mourn the death of Tariq.

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