ISLAMABAD, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The Pakistani government early Thursday morning gave its last warning to the people in Lal Masjid,or Red Mosque, asking them to quit weapons and surrender, the private DAWN NEWS TV channel reported.

    The heaviest firing and movement of army and Ranger vehicles within two days started early Thursday morning, but the government law enforcers have still not moved into the mosque, according to DAWN NEWS.

    Some 1,200 students have surrendered themselves to the government and small groups of religious students are still going out of the complex.

    Lal Masjid chief cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz was arrested Wednesday night as he tried to escape from the mosque complex in aburqa, officials confirmed.

    An earlier announcement from the government said that there would be no talks or compromise with the Lal Masjid management and urged the leaders, militants and students to surrender.

    The government confirmed that 16 people were killed and another 98 injured during the clashes, according to a Pakistani newspaper Daily Times.

    Lal Masjid students on Tuesday stormed to the street in the capital and triggered cross firing when they tried to snatch arms from security forces.

1,200 Red Mosque students surrender to Pakistani authorities

Radical Muslim students sit after their surrender near Lal Masjid or Red Mosque in Islamabad July 4, 2007. More than 500 radical Muslim students surrendered at the besieged mosque in the Pakistani capital on Wednesday but thousands of militants remained inside a day after 11 people were killed in clashes. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

      ISLAMABAD, July 4 (Xinhua) -- A total of 1,200 male and female religious students of hard-line Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, have so far surrendered to Pakistani authorities in the capital city, an interior ministry spokesman said Wednesday.

      Pakistani Interior Ministry Spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema also said Imam of Lal Masjid Maulana Abdul Aziz would face terrorism and murder charges. Full story

Official confirms Imam of Pakistani hard-line Lal Masjid arrested

      ISLAMABAD, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Imam of hard-line Lal Masjid, Maulana Abdul Aziz, was arrested while trying to escape from the mosque in Pakistani capital on Wednesday evening, officials confirmed.

      Chief commissioner of Islamabad has confirmed that Maulana Abdul Aziz, administrator of Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque was caught. Full story