Some 'Pak. religious groups may face ban'

ISLAMABAD, APRIL 14. The Pakistani Interior Minister, Mr. Moinuddin Haider, has said the Government could ban religious groups found involved in terrorism.

The warning came after an attack on a gathering of Shiite Muslims in which 15 people were killed on Tuesday in a village in the country's central Punjab province. On April 1, a Shiite leader, his son and driver were gunned down in Karachi.

The Minister, quoted by the official Associated Press of Pakistan, said on Thursday that sectarian groups and parties indulging in terrorism would be declared illegal.``So far three to four sectarian parties have been found involved in terrorism and violence-prone activities,'' he said, without identifying them.

Troops on alert

Reports from Karachi said that the Army has been placed on alert to beef up security to maintain law and order amid increasing sectarian tensions.

- AFD, DPA

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