PAKISTAN: The most important festival in the Shi'ite calendar draws thousands of people onto the streets in cities across Pakistan with one of the biggest processions in Karachi

Record ID: 574134

  • Title: PAKISTAN: The most important festival in the Shi'ite calendar draws thousands of people onto the streets in cities across Pakistan with one of the biggest processions in Karachi
  • Date: 25th November 2012
  • Summary: KARACHI, PAKISTAN (NOVEMBER 25, 2012) (REUTERS) ASHURA PROCESSION PASSING THROUGH STREET VARIOUS OF MOURNERS CARRYING SHI'ITE DECORATIONS MARCHING IN PROCESSION MOURNERS BEATING THEMSELVES MOURNERS CARRYING REPLICA OF IMAM HUSSEIN'S SARCOPHAGUS WORSHIPPERS BEATING CHESTS AND MARCHING MORE OF PROCESSION SACRED ZULJINNAH, A REPLICA OF IMAM HUSSEIN'S BELOVED HORSE AT PROCESSION SHI'ITES CARRYING CRADLE OF ALI ASGHAR, A MINOR KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF KARBALA MOURNERS BEATING CHESTS WHILE MARCHING VEHICLE MOUNTED SECURITY PARAMILITARY SOLDIERS GUARDING PROCESSION FROM ROOFTOPS SOLDIER WATCHING VARIOUS OF SHI'ITE WORSHIPPERS PRAYING KARACHI, PAKISTAN (NOVEMBER 25, 2012) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MOURNERS FLAGELLATING THEMSELVES WITH CHAINS WOMEN MOURNERS BEATING CHEST AND MARCHING MOURNERS CARRYING HUGE REPLICA OF IMAM HUSSEIN'S SARCOPHAGUS SHI'ITE DECORATIONS / PROCESSION PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (NOVEMBER 25, 2012) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) PROCESSION MOURNERS CARRYING SHI'ITE DECORATIONS MOURNERS HAMMERING AND BEATING CHESTS PROCESSION PASSING THROUGH A NARROW STREET
  • Embargoed: 10th December 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Pakistan
  • Country: Pakistan
  • Topics: Religion
  • Reuters ID: LVACDKD3NNYE6D1S3PJSFIQ6MC8J
  • Story Text: Pakistan's Shi'ite communities in Peshawar and Karachi marked the climax of a month of mourning under tight security on Sunday (November 25) following bomb attacks elsewhere in the country.
    The government is struggling to stop a wave of attacks by sectarian Sunni militant groups determined to wipe out the minority sect and seize power.
    Sunni hardliners threatened to strike hard this weekend, an important one in the Shi'ite religious calendar, prompting authorities to halt cellphone coverage in several areas to prevent bombings triggered by remote control.
    Authorities have also restricted motorcycle travel, hoping to deprive suicide bombers of one mode of transportation.
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