Pakistan cleric gunned down

Gunmen in Pakistan have shot dead a well-known Islamic cleric, Ghulam Murtaza Malik, in a late-night attack in Lahore.

Police said the attackers, on motorcycles, also killed Mr Malik's driver and a police constable who gave chase.

Ghulam Murtaza Malik was a Sunni scholar who lectured regularly on state-run Pakistani radio and television.

Lahore police said they had no immediate clues who was responsible for the killing, but correspondents say sectarian clashes between Shi'ites and Sunni Muslims are common in Pakistan.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service