The Wahhabi-minded Taliban insurgents continue to slaughter Shia Muslims across the lawless northwestern Pakistan, media reports reveal.

Countless incidents of massacres happened in northwestern town of Dera Ismail Khan and Kurram Agency over some past months.

"Taliban have gone about slaughtering their fellow-Muslims, especially in targeting the Shias of Kurram and Dera Ismail Khan. Also, it has to be said - and rather unfortunately - that this kind of Talibanization has been happening in the rest of the country..., albeit in a slightly different manner,"The News said in a report.

The Pakistani governments have been unwilling or unable to stop religious violence which has defamed the conflict-torn country, according to the daily.

In mid February, some 35 Shias were killed and 65 others were injured after a bomb ripped through a Shia Muslim leader's funeral procession on in the northwestern town of Dera Ismail Khan.

In early February, at least 35 Shias were killed and 50 others were injured after a bomb exploded in the town of Dera Ghazi Khan in the central Punjab province.

In early April, a bomber struck a religious Shia gathering in Chakwal -- some 90 km (60 miles) southeast of Islamabad in Punjab province-- leaving at least 30 people killed and hundreds of others injured.

The extremists groups have embarked on an 'ominous mission' to 'eliminate' Shia elites across Pakistan -- which became a safe haven for pro-Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked militants after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.

Shia Muslims accuse that the Wahhabi terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda and Taliban have been receiving financial assistance and heavy weapons from some Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia over some past years to promote their violent campaign across the country.

Saudis have never denied such charges.

Moderate Sunni and Shia Muslims believe that Wahhabism has