Sunni Muslims stage anti-terror rally

Hundreds of Sunni Muslims have started a nearly 200-mile high-risk trek across Pakistan in a protest against Taliban attacks on the country’s religious sites.

Authorities warned that militants could attack the procession. Police escorted the convoy out of the capital, Islamabad, where the journey started today.

The participants, who are travelling on foot and in cars, plan to rally in the eastern city of Lahore, where 47 people died in a suicide bombing at a Sufi shrine in July.

The protest is sponsored by the Sunni Ittehad Council, which condemns terrorism but criticises the government for failing to protect religious sites.