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NWFP won't expel foreign seminary students: Durrani
 The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) government will not expel foreign students studying at religious seminaries despite the federal government's December 31 deadline for their expulsion, NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani said on Friday. He told reporters at the launching ceremony of a Citizens Public Liaison Committee (CPLC) workshop that he had talked to the federal government about the expulsion issue and had said that the foreign students' expulsion, either from seminaries or any other educational institution, would not be in the interest of Pakistan and in the interest of Pakistani students studying abroad.He said the foreign students had come to Pakistan on valid visas by fulfilling all legal requirements and therefore any action against them would be in violation of the law. Durrani also said a majority of the students in seminaries in the NWFP were Afghan refugees. Posted by: Fred 2005-12-31 |
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