July 6 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan's government rejected conditions set by the deputy cleric at Islamabad's Red Mosque for ending a siege that led to the deaths of at least 19 people in gun battles in the past three days.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 5 -- Pakistani security forces on Thursday launched an intense operation against militants holed up in an Islamabad mosque, seeking to end a months-long standoff that has turned deadly in recent days.
Women and children were being used as human shields by militants besieged in a mosque in Islamabad, the Pakistan government said on Thursday as security forces ratcheted up pressure on hundreds inside to surrender.
Fresh clashes erupted at Pakistan's besieged Red Mosque, where "terrorists" were said to be holding women and children as human shields despite calls from its captured leader to surrender.
Fresh clashes erupted at Pakistan's besieged Red Mosque on Thursday, where "terrorists" were said to be holding women and children as human shields despite calls from its captured leader to surrender.
Fears mounted that women and children were being used as human shields at a besieged mosque in Pakistan's capital on Thursday, as hundreds of militant students ignored a plea from their captured leader to surrender.
Canada has donated 1.9 million US dollars for flood victims in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay announced Wednesday.
The captured leader of Pakistan's besieged Red Mosque urged his followers to surrender, as the government said "terrorist" gunmen were holding women and children as human shields inside.
The captured leader of Pakistan's besieged Red Mosque urged his followers to surrender Thursday, as the government said "terrorist" gunmen were holding women and children as human shields inside.
Hundreds of militant students under siege in a mosque in Pakistan's capital largely ignored calls from their captured leader to surrender on Thursday, raising fears that some children could be used as human shields.