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(14 Apr 2006)
1. Wide shot of security in front of the Baitul Mukarram Mosque
2. Various shots of Friday prayers
3. Faithful offering prayers for Karachi blast victims
4. Wide of a demonstration against Karachi blast
5. People holding a banner, saying Karachi blast shows that government has failed
6. Demonstrators shouting slogans, demanding arrest of culprits
7. People holding a banner, saying "Go Musharraf Go!"
8. Shot a child taking part in the demo
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Meraj-ul-Hudda, Karachi chief of Muttaidha Majlis-e-Amal (MMA):
"The people here they were demanding that the present government, regime is unable to provide security to our important days and to the people of Pakistan."
10. Shot of Meraj-ul-Hudda shaking hands with different people
11. Various of security and paramilitary troops
STORYLINE:
Protests and prayers were held in Pakistan on Friday after this week''s suicide bombing that killed scores of people in Karachi, including three moderate Sunni leaders.
At Friday prayers in the southern Pakistani city, worshippers commemorated the victims, and later a demonstration was held which called for the resignation of president Pervez Musharraf.
No one claimed responsibility for Tuesday''s attack that killed 56 people and the bomber at a religious gathering in Karachi organised by the moderate Sunni Tehrik group to mark the birthday of Islam''s Prophet Muhammad.
The attack sparked clashes between angry Islamists and police, prompting authorities to deploy troops to restore order. Nobody was injured in the violence, although mobs burned several buses and vehicles.
Officials have said that Tuesday''s attack was aimed at wiping out the leadership of Tehrik, a rising Sunni Muslim political force. President Gen.
Pervez Musharraf has ordered federal intelligence agencies and police to capture those who planned the blast, in which the lone suicide bomber was also killed.
Police say they were holding a Shiite Muslim who was among those wounded in the bombing. The man was not being treated as a suspect, but authorities say they want to know why he attended the Sunni gathering.
Pakistan has a history of sectarian violence.
Although most Sunni and Shiite Muslims live peacefully together, radical groups on both sides keep targeting each other''s leaders.
About 97 percent of Pakistan''s 150 (m) million population is Muslim, and Sunnis outnumber Shiites by about 4-1.

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