Pakistan detains Shiite, Sunni leaders over Karachi attacks
KARACHI, Pakistan — Pakistani police detained several Sunni and Shiite Muslim leaders in a probe over recent sectarian attacks in the southern port city of Karachi, prompting protests and clashes Monday, police said.
Faisal Raza Abidi, an outspoken former anti-Taliban Shiite lawmaker from Pakistan’s liberal People’s Party, is among those facing questioning, said counter-terrorism police officer Junaid Sheikh.
The police and Pakistan’s paramilitary forces have raided both Sunni and Shiite religious seminaries over the last two days, detaining an unspecified number of people, Sheikh said.