ISLAMABAD – In a historic move, all 30,000 religious seminaries (Madrassa)in Pakistan placed under government control, media report has revealed.
The federal government has placed 30,000 madrassas (seminaries) under theadministrative control of the Education Ministry. The move is being calleda breakthrough which will help bring madrassas on par with moderneducational institutes.
The federal cabinet’s meeting on Tuesday approved the proposal tabled bythe Federal Education Minister, Shafqat Mehmood.
The approval is a result of PTI government’s efforts to introduce reformsfor madrassas since it assumed power. The party had brought similar changesin KP seminaries during its last tenure in the province.
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A lot more work is required to implement this change at a national level,said the minister. The Education Minister has held several meetings withreligious leaders and clerics of different sects to get their approval.