The Lal Masjid clerics operate with impunity – no attempt has been made to cut off its electricity, gas, phone, or Web site – or even to shut down its illegal FM radio station. The chief negotiator appointed by Musharraf, Chaudhry Shujaat Husain, described the burqa brigade kidnappers as “our daughters,” with whom negotiations would continue and against whom “no operation could be contemplated.”