ISLAMABAD, July 4 (Reuters) - The Pakistan government has set a deadline of 11 a.m. (0600 GMT) on Wednesday for militant students at a mosque in the capital to surrender after 11 people were killed in clashes a day earlier, a spokesman said.

Overnight, commandos and army soldiers joined paramilitary troops and police sealing off Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, in the heart of Islamabad, but there has been no assault, and gunfire had died down.

"The government has set an 11 a.m. deadline for students to surrender," Secretary of Information Anwar Mehmood told reporters. "I can't say what will be the next step."

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