JHANG (Pakistan): Police fired in the air to disperse rampaging crowds in the Pakistani city of Jhang yesterday and violence broke out in the capital as followers of a slain Pakistani Sunni militant leader vowed revenge.
Azam Tariq, leader of the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) and a member of parliament, was assassinated in a hail of bullets along with his driver and three bodyguards as he drove into the capital Islamabad on Monday.
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