The Lal Masjid fallout

At the time of my writing this article, it is nearly 17 hours since a combined force of the 111 Brigade, the Special Services Group and the Rangers raided the Lal Masjid premises in Islamabad after......

Pakistan after Lal Masjid

The Pakistan government wrapped up the Lal Masjid operation by killing Abdul Rashid Ghazi and his followers who seemed all too willing to challenge the writ of the State. The excitement, which......

'Pakistan's Lal Masjid raid incited Shahzad'

The 2007 raid at Islamabad's Lal Masjid, where Faisal Shahzad often prayed when visiting his home, was the "triggering event" that drove the Pakistani-American to terrorism, culminating into the......

Another Lal Masjid in Pakistan's northwest

Hundreds of militants in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province have forcibly occupied a local mosque and named it after Islamabad's Lal Masjid while vowing to continue the mission of slain......