• According to the daily Dawn, this was the same year Lal Masjid’s links with al-Qaeda were revealed with the arrest of Osama bin Laden’s driver. The government at that time also accused Ghazi of masterminding attacks on government installations but he was mysteriously cleared of those charges.
• The mosque and its madrassas came under the scanner in 2005, when its girl students resisted an government operation. After the 7/7 attacks, UK had called on Pakistan to crack down on Islamic schools.
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