A BLAST at a Shi’ite mosque in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore yesterday killed four people, including the bomber, amid fears of spiralling sectarian violence.

Police fired tear gas and shots in the air to disperse angry Sunni Muslims today after thousands of mourners joined the funeral of a prominent pro-Taliban cleric gunned down on a busy Karachi street.

Police in Pakistan tightened security today for the funeral of one of two prominent Sunni Muslim clerics whose murders on a busy Karachi street set off night-time riots by supporters, officials said.