A Pakistani soldier patrols the besieged Red Mosque in Islamabad. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

Pakistani president: Lal Masjid militants to surrender or die

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf addresses flood victims in Kambo Saeed near Larkana, 480 km (300 miles) from Karachi July 7, 2007. Musharraf told Islamist militants barricaded in a mosque on Saturday to surrender or die, while concern grew for hundreds of women and children inside the beseiged compound in the Pakistani capital.. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

    ISLAMABAD, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday said remaining hard-line militants in Islamabad-based Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, should surrender or die,TV channels reported.

    Musharraf made the remarks while talking to reporters during a visit to Pakistan's flood-hit southwestern province of Baluchistan.  Full story