Thousands attend funeral of slain Pakistani cleric

A plain-clothes Pakistani police with an automatic weapon patrols in the streets as angry religious students of Binnouri Town, the largest Islamic seminary, staged a protest rally over the killing of Sunni Muslim leader Mufti Jamil in Karachi yesterday. Unknown gunmen shot dead Mufti Jamil, the head of Binnouri Town as he was on his way to mosque on Saturday. PHOTO: AFP

Mufti Jamil was buried in the compound of a religious school after prayers at the huge compound of his Binnouri Town seminary.

Thousands of paramilitary Rangers and police were posted outside mosques of the Sunni and Shia sects and at key intersections and buildings after angry mobs set at least four vehicles on fire overnight.

No major incidents were reported Sunday but police fired tear gas to disperse youths who blocked the road with burning tyres and threw stones at vehicles after the prayers.

Gunmen on a motorbike attacked Mufti Jamil on his way to a mosque late on Saturday. The religious scholar, who was close to leaders of Afghanistan's ousted Taliban regime, died in hospital.