The siege of Lal Masjid (Urdu: لال مسجد محاصرہ; code-named Operation Sunrise initially code-named as Operation Silence) was an armed confrontation in July 2007 between a Islamist fundamentalist private militia and the government of Pakistan, led by president Pervez Musharraf and prime minister Shaukat Aziz. The focal points of the operation were the Lal Masjid ("Red Mosque") and the Jamia Hafsa madrasah complex in Islamabad, Pakistan.
The siege of Lal Masjid (Urdu: لال مسجد محاصرہ; code-named Operation Sunrise initially code-named as Operation Silence) was an armed confrontation in July 2007 between a Islamist fundamentalist private militia and the government of Pakistan, led by president Pervez Musharraf and prime minister Shaukat Aziz. The focal points of the operation were the Lal Masjid ("Red Mosque") and the Jamia Hafsa madrasah complex in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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