Sectarian violence bedevilled Karachi in 80s, but has become less commonplacePakistan's Evolving Sectarian Schism -- The BBC
The deaths of dozens in a bomb explosion at a funeral procession in north-western Pakistan seems to be the latest manifestation of the bitter split between Sunnis and Shias in Pakistan.
No-one has yet claimed responsibility but the suicide blast targeted the funeral of a Shia Muslim cleric who had been gunned down on Thursday.
Over the past 20 years extremists from both groups have attacked each other all over Pakistan, although analysts say that the bulk of the violence more recently has been committed by Sunni militants inspired by al-Qaeda's ideology.
Their attacks over the past five years have borne a startling resemblance to bombings carried out by Sunni militants against Shias in Iraq.
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