Under 1,000 remain in besieged mosque

By Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad

Published: July 5 2007 07:47 | Last updated: July 5 2007 07:47

As the standoff between Pakistani troops and Islamists at Islamabad’s Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, entered its third day, senior government officials said fewer than 1,000 men and women remained holed up inside the mosque and seminary complex, from where as many as 1,200 Islamists had surrendered since Wednesday morning.

Pakistani police and paramilitary troops early Thursday fired teargas at the Taliban-styled Red
Mosque and the adjoining women’s seminary known as ‘jamia hifza’ READ MORE


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