led war against terror. In October 2004 two suicide bomb attacks on religious gatherings of both Sunni and Shiite Moslems in the southern cities of Sialkot and Multan killed nearly 70 people with over 100 wounded. Another 50 people were killed in the southwestern city of Quetta in March 2004 when assailants opened fire on a procession of Shiite Moslems marking the holy month of Muharram. Hours after an attack on a Shiite gathering in Islamabad last Friday, President Musharraf appealed to all Pakistanis to stand up to extremism. "They should stop if they see anyone trying to incite hatred, publish and spread hate material or misuse the mosque for provoking hatred," he said. He also vowed to continue taking stringent measures to deal with the menaces of extremism, sectarianism and terrorism.
