Radical mosque chief caught trying to escape in Burqa

The chief cleric of the radical mosque besieged by security forces in the Pakistani capital Islamabad today was caught trying to slip away wearing a woman’s burqa, a senior official said.

A female police officer searching women fleeing the mosque’s madrassah discovered Maulana Abdul Aziz under an all-enveloping black shroud, said Khalid Pervez, the city’s top administrator.