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Pakistani supreme court takes notice of mosque operation |
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17:55, July 09, 2007 |
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday took notice about military operation against the clerics and students of Lal Masjid, or red mosque, and formed a two-member panel of judges to deal with the issue.
The standoff between hard-line Lal Masjid and security forces entered into a seventh day Monday as the besieged deputy chief of the mosque Abdul Rashid Ghazi still remained defiant inside the mosque.
Curfew has been in place since early July 4 in surrounding areas of the Lal Masjid mosque and Jamia Hafa seminary compound.
Acting Chief Justice Rana Bhagwandas Monday in a verdict ordered that the supreme court will review incidents during the seven-day operation.
Head of the Crisis Management Cell in the Interior Ministry, Javed Iqbal Cheema told the court that the government wants early solution to the problem.
"Terrorists are holed up inside the mosque who are wanted by the government in several cases," Cheema said.
Cheema said that the Lal Masjid militants have held students hostage and that they shot and injured three students who tried to escape from the mosque on July 8.
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