Suspected Islamic militants shot dead three Chinese men in northwest Pakistan which security sources said could be a revenge attack over the siege of a radical mosque in Islamabad.
Pakistan moved closer to an all-out raid on a besieged mosque in Islamabad Sunday, after officials said Al-Qaeda-linked rebels including foreigners had seized control and may start killing hostages.
President Gen. Pervez Musharraf is fighting to maintain control of Pakistan in the face of rising Islamic militancy and a secular pro-democracy movement.
Suspected Islamic militants Sunday shot dead three Chinese men in northwest Pakistan which security sources said could be a revenge attack over the siege of a radical mosque in Islamabad.
Three Chinese men were shot dead late Sunday by unidentified gunmen who burst into their residence in Pakistan's northwestern provincial capital of Peshawar, police said.
July 9 (Bloomberg) -- Terrorists are organizing the siege at Islamabad's Red Mosque and are preventing Deputy Chief Cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi from surrendering, Pakistan's Minister for Religious Affairs Muhammad Ijaz ul Haq said.
Terrorists wanted for attacks in Pakistan and beyond are leading the resistance against troops besieging besieged a radical Islamic seminary, the government said Sunday, while a mosque spokesman claimed hundreds died in an overnight assault.
July 9 (Bloomberg) -- Terrorists are organizing the siege at Islamabad's Red Mosque and are preventing Deputy Chief Cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi from surrendering, Pakistan's Minister for Religious Affairs Ijaz ul-Haq said.
Every day, when the shoot-on-sight curfew lifts, the parents of women and girls inside Pakistan's Red Mosque draw near the battle-scarred walls, and almost inevitably they leave in tears.
Pakistan's government moved closer to a full-scale assault on Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic militants barricaded in an Islamabad mosque, after a senior army commando was shot dead in fierce clashes.