The concern arises as there exist unresolved cross-border issues, specifically the Baloch insurgency and the sectarian clashes.

In addition to sect-based outfits, militant groups are also deeply sectarian in nature and this comes forward time and again in their targets and their language.

In an earlier hearing, the CJP had slammed negligence of authorities to curb sectarian violence in the city.

These revelations were made before a two-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan which was hearing a case pertaining to sectarian and target killings in the volatile district.

BEIRUT: Most of Lebanon's first-time voters in upcoming elections believe their compatriots will vote on May 6 along sectarian lines, according to the results of a study released Wednesday by the Adyan Foundation, a Lebanese NGO.

The study by YouthLink Scotland found 76 per cent think football is a catalyst to sectarian hatred, followed by Orange Order marches at 73 per cent and Republican marches at 63 per cent.

This comes in light of mounting criticism by human rights groups to the Egyptian authorities' handling of cases of sectarian tension, which have been on the risein the past couple of months, especially in Upper Egypt.

Iran's meddling in the affairs of its neighbours and other states, in aiding, training, indoctrinating, supplying arms to states and sectarian militias in a bid to undermine stability and security and weakening the central governments in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, is alarming.

According an HRCP report released in April, eight incidents of sectarian violence were reported from across Pakistan.

The groups argued the scholarships violated a "no-aid" clause in Oklahoma's constitution banning public support for sectarian institutions; most voucher recipients used the vouchers to attend private, religious schools.

ISLAMABAD -- Key to the solution of sometimes worrying sectarian intolerance lies with Ulema of all hues across the country.

According to a media report, the sectarian violence has resulted inapproximately 2,300 deaths in the country between 2007 and 2013 and at least 1,500 deaths in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

The Iraqi forces' current offensive on ISIS in the city of Tikrit has been taking place without the help of US airstrikes as the US seemed uneasy about the increasingly sectarian nature behind the involvement of Iranian Shiite forces.

The country needs secular rather than sectarian parties that hold the key to democratic process.