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(2 Jul 2010) SHOTLIST
Lahore
1. Mid of protesters carrying placards, taking part in march organised by the Ahle Sunnat Islamic Group
2. Pan of protesters marching outside Data Darbar Shrine where bombs exploded on Thursday
3. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Mohammad Noor Elahi, leader of the Ahle Sunnat Islamic Group:
"The Sufi saint Data is the chief of Sufis. His message is the message of peace. In this place (Data Darbar Shrine) the act of terrorism is a conspiracy against human beings. We are requesting that the government eradicate these terrorists."
4. Wide of march
5. Protesters holding guns, chanting slogan (Urdu): "God is great. Long live Ahle Sunnat Group"
6. Mid of protest march, some protesters holding guns chanting slogans against the government
Islamabad
7. Wide of Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik at the podium
8. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Rehman Malik, Pakistani Interior Minister:
"I condemn this, this attack on Data Darbar Shrine in which our faith resides. I feel that these institutions of our ancestors should be protected. Who are these infidels? Don't they understand that they are worse than infidels, worse than animals, that they could commit such brutal attacks."
9. Cutaway cameras
10. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Rehman Malik, Pakistani Interior Minister:
"TTP (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan), Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Sipah-e-Sahaba, and al-Qaida are working together. Sometimes you see them in Khyber-Pahktoonkhwa (= North-West Frontier Province) in the shape of terrorists. Sometimes you see them in Karachi in the guise of the Taliban, and sometimes you see them in the form of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Sipah-e-Sahaba."
11. Mid of entrance to Shahzad Town police station
STORYLINE
Thousands of Pakistanis marched in Lahore on Friday to voice their anger at a deadly bomb attack on Thursday on one of the country's most important Sufi shrines which killed 42 people.
The march, organised by the Ahle Sunnat Islamic Group, took place outside the now shattered Data Darbar Shrine, which was hit by two suicide bombers late on Thursday.
Protesters held up placards and demanded justice for the victims of Thursday's violence.
42 people were killed and 180 were wounded after bombs were set off minutes apart in the packed out shrine, ripping concrete from the walls and covering the white marble floor in blood.
There was no claim of responsibility, but Islamist extremists consider Sufism, a mystical strand of Islam, to be heretical.
Speaking in the capital Islamabad, Pakistan's Interior Minister, Rehman Malik, condemned the attack and pointed to the various militant groups working in the country.
"TTP (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan), Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Sipah-e-Sahaba, and and al-Qaida are working together," Malik told reporters.
"Sometimes you see them in Khyber-Pahktoonkhwa (= North-West Frontier Province) in the shape of terrorists. Sometimes you see them in Karachi in the guise of the Taliban, and sometimes you see them in the form of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Sipah-e-Sahaba," he added.
The suicide bombings have fuelled anger against Pakistan's weak police forces, who appear helpless to stop the killings.
In the hours after Thursday's bombings, demonstrators gathered outside the shrine to protest the security lapse, only to be dispersed after police fired into the air and threw rocks at them.

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