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Curfew in Pakistan Extended After Sectarian Clashes

Pakistan has reimposed a curfew in the northern city of Rawalpindi, after sectarian clashes that have claimed at least nine lives, officials said. The curfew was briefly suspended on Saturday night, but was back in place by Sunday morning, with army units patrolling the city in order to keep the peace. On Sunday, authorities also extended a cellphone services suspension from Rawalpindi to neighbouring Islamabad, the Pakistani capital. The suspension will last until 2 00pm local time (09 00 GMT) on Sunday. The initial curfew was imposed after at least nine people were killed and 50 wounded in sectarian clashes at a Shia Muslim religious procession on Friday. Violence erupted at the Ashura procession as it passed by a Sunni Muslim seminary, where a cleric was delivering a sermon that marchers said was insulting to Shia Muslims. Several people within the seminary also reportedly shouted insults at the procession. The ensuing clashes, which lasted for several hours and resulted in the