(19 May 2013)
1. Wide of ambulance bringing body of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf - PTI local leader Zehra Shahid Husain to the mosque for funeral
2. Various shots of body being taken out of ambulance and carried towards mosque
3. Wide of mosque
4. Police officer looking on
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Shah Mehmood Qureshi, PTI central leader:
"Tehreek-e-Insaf has risen against such extremism and against such militancy. We will not be cowed down. We will keep fighting for we believe in. We believe in a new Pakistan. A democratic Pakistan, a welfare state where there is rule of law and everybody is treated equally before the law. I think the culprits must be apprehended, they must be brought to the book. We want to know why Zehra was killed."
6. Mid of Qureshi meeting people
7. Various of body being taken for burial
8. Wide of a polling station where counting is scheduled to begin under army supervision
9. Mid of opening of ballot box
10. Various of vote counting
11. Mid of paramilitary rangers vehicle parked outside a polling station
12. Wide of paramilitary rangers vehicle parked outside a polling station
STORYLINE:
A senior member of former cricket star Imran Khan's party was buried on Sunday after being shot and killed by unknown gunmen outside her house in Pakistan's port city Karachi on Saturday evening.
Zahra Shahid was shot in a district of the city that was plagued by allegations of vote-rigging.
A repeat election went ahead on Sunday despite the killing of Shahid.
Khan blamed Zahra Shahid's killing on the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), the same party he accused of vote rigging in the 11 May election.
The MQM denied the allegations.
Gunmen shot Shahid in front of her home after they tried to snatch her purse and then sped away on a motorcycle, according to police.
Shahid was vice president of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party in the surrounding Sindh province.
Khan blamed Altaf Hussain, the head of the MQM, for the killing on Twitter, saying he held him directly responsible for the murder as he had openly threatened PTI workers and leaders through public broadcasts.
Hussain is currently in self-imposed exile in London because of legal cases against him in Pakistan.
Khan also blamed the British government, saying he had warned officials about Hussain's threats against his party workers.
"Tehreek-e-Insaf has risen against such extremism and against such militancy," said PTI central leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
"We will not be calmed down...we want to know why Zahra was killed," he said.
The MQM, the strongest party in Karachi and which has long controlled the city, has often been accused of using violence against its competitors.
The party has boycotted the repeat polling being held on Sunday for a national assembly seat and two provincial assembly seats.
Turnout for the vote seemed light compared to the crowds that came out on 11 May. The vote was being held at 43 polling stations in the NA-250 constituency under the protection of police and soldiers.
The big winner in the national election was the Pakistan Muslim League-N party, led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, which looks set to form the next government.
The party held off a strong challenge from Khan, whose criticism of the country's traditional politicians energised the Pakistani youth.
Khan has alleged vote rigging in different parts of the country, and the election commission is repeating the vote or doing a recount for eight national assembly seats, including in NA-250.
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