Firing continues during curfew relaxation around Pakistani hard-line Red Mosque

    ISLAMABAD, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Firing resumed Saturday during a one and half hour relaxation around the hard-line Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, in Pakistani capital as the standoff between the mosque radicals and security personnel entered into a fifth day.

    Besieged deputy chief of Lal Masjid, Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghaziand a number of hard-core armed students, declaring that they preferred martyrdom to surrender, remained defiant inside the mosque. Full story

TV: 1,221 people in Lal Masjid surrender to Pakistani gov't

    ISLAMABAD, July 6 (Xinhua) -- A total of 1,221 people in Lal Masjid Mosque have come out and surrendered themselves to the Pakistani government, the private Pakistani DAWN NEWS TV channel reported Friday.

    Briefing a news conference, Home Secretary Sayed Kamal Shah said the government hoped Maulana Abdul Rashid, deputy chief of Lal Masjid could let the women in the mosque come out, DAWN NEWS reported. Full story

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 6 (Xinhua) -- A total of 1,221 people in Lal Masjid Mosque have come out and surrendered themselves to the Pakistani government, the private Pakistani DAWN NEWS TV channel reported Friday.

      Briefing a news conference, Home Secretary Sayed Kamal Shah said the government hoped Maulana Abdul Rashid, deputy chief of Lal Masjid could let the women in the mosque come out, DAWN NEWS reported. Full story

Pakistani TV: Deputy leader of Lal Masjid agrees to surrender

    ISLAMABAD, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The deputy leader of hard-line Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, Maulana Abdur Rashid Ghazi, has agreed to lay down arms and surrender, the private Geo TV reported Thursday. Full story