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Sindh to present bill on madrassas tomorrow
 The Sindh government is ready to present a bill in the provincial assembly on Monday, seeking to make compulsory the registration of seminaries (deeni madrassas) in Sindh.The government bill was enlisted on the agenda of the current session of the assembly last Friday but could not be taken up due to the short nature of the proceedings that day. Now, it would be brought on Monday. The registration of seminaries was already made compulsory through an ordinance promulgated by the governor in 2005. The bill, The Societies Registration (Second Sindh Amendment) Bill, 2006 is being presented for legislation, in order to encourage genuine madrassas, to impart religious education and to give them legal entity by making their registration compulsory. According to the draft of the bill, the objectives and reasons behind it were to have madrassas register, as a number of deeni madaris are operating in the province without being registered under any law. (Also) there is no mechanism to regulate their functioning and to check the activities of certain madaris, which are contrary to the spirit of deeni madaris. Posted by: Fred 2006-11-19 |
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