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| Explosions rock Pakistan mosque | Explosions rock Pakistan mosque |
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| Several loud explosions have been heard at a mosque in the Pakistani capital where armed Islamic students have been resisting a siege by security forces. | Several loud explosions have been heard at a mosque in the Pakistani capital where armed Islamic students have been resisting a siege by security forces. |
| At least 16 people have died in recent clashes at Islamabad's Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) complex. | At least 16 people have died in recent clashes at Islamabad's Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) complex. |
| Pakistani authorities have sent troops and police to seal off the mosque and have urged its students to surrender. | Pakistani authorities have sent troops and police to seal off the mosque and have urged its students to surrender. |
| The mosque has been at the forefront of a vigilante campaign to enforce a form of Islamic Sharia law in Pakistan. | |
| Its students have kidnapped police officers and people they accuse of involvement in "immoral" acts such as prostitution. | |
| Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, has been criticised for failing to clamp down on the mosque's activities. | |
| The latest confrontation is said to have started on Tuesday when security forces encircled the mosque with barriers. | |
| Women students of one of two seminaries attached to the mosque protested in a nearby street, while their male counterparts traded gunfire with security forces. | |
| At least 16 people died in the violence and scores were hurt. |