 Lal Masjid chief cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz was arrested on Wednesday night as he tried escape from the mosque complex in a dress, heels, and ladies' underwear burqa, officials said. His wife Ume Hassan, principal of Jamia Hafsa, was also arrested, Interior Ministry spokesman Brig (r) Javed Iqbal Cheema told reporters. He said the cleric had not surrendered, but was trying to escape. The maulana was arrested at the nearby FG Girls High School, where policewomen were screening girl madrassa students who had surrendered. Upon discovery that one of these was the mosqueÂ’s leader, security forces immediately frisked him away.ARY television later reported that Religious Affairs Minister Ejazul Haq had met with Aziz and asked him to tell the Lal Masjid students to surrender. Haq met Aziz at a secret location where the latter is being detained and asked him to record a statement for television appealing to his students to surrender. "We're for it for sure, Abdul. Put your false eyelashes back on and *work* that white flag!"
"Hokay, chief. Just make sure they get my good side." |
The channel claimed AzizÂ’s deputy Abdul Rasheed Ghazi had also agreed to surrender after the arrest of his brother and talks with Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidry. |