In Pakistan, protests continue in Karachi against arrests of workers of religious parties. Representatives of various Shia parties began protesting early today in Malir and on Shahrah-i-Pakistan against targeted killings and arrests of workers. The protest follows arrest of a top Shia cleric, Mirza Yusuf Husain, and a leader of the proscribed Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, Taj Hanafi. Police used tear gas shelling and aerial firing to disperse the protesters.