Pakistan mosque-goers fear attacks

Security concerns make worshippers stay away from the nation’s biggest mosque.

Shah Faisal mosque

Places that attract crowds are becoming more and more dangerous for Pakistanis.

Since the army launched a fresh offensive against the Taliban, there have been virtually daily bombings and killings.

Fear of attacks has caused a big fall in the number of worshippers for Friday prayers at Pakistan’s biggest mosque.

Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan reports from the Shah Faisal mosque in Islamabad, a week after attackers killed 36 people in a mosque in the country’s north.

Source: Al Jazeera