Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Ejazul Haq has said the government has no intention to launch an operation against Lal Masjid despite firing by madrassa students at Rangers personnel, Online reported. “If the government wanted to launch an operation against Lal Masjid it could have easily done so late at night or early morning,” Haq told a private television channel. He said that the Lal Masjid administration was constantly giving threats to the government and had taken the law in their hands by shooting at law enforcement personnel. Meanwhile, Punjab Governor Lt Gen (r) Khalid Maqbool said the government did not initiate operation against the Jamia Hafsa students and it was the students who started firing at law enforcement personnel. He said the Lal Masjid administration should start negotiations with the government because the government wanted to resolve the issue amicably.