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Talibanisation of society: Madrassa students getting leniency
The government has directed the Islamabad administration not to take immediate action against the management of two Islamabad madrassas and their students who have challenged the writ of law in a bid to Talibanise society.The madrassa students told a press conference on Thursday that they would continue their jihad against prostitution if the government failed to take action against those involved in immoral activities. We will continue our campaign. This is the first step to Islamise our society, a madrassa teacher said. We were asked [by high-ups] to take a lenient view of the situation created by the madrassa students, Islamabad Deputy Commissioner (DC) Chaudhry Mohammad Ali told Daily Times. The DC confirmed that a first information report (FIR) had been registered against 200 people for kidnapping two policemen and an alleged brothel organiser along with two other women. We have sealed the FIR till further orders, he said. Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao said the government would take proper action. We will not allow any one to challenge the writ of the government, he said. PPPP Information Secretary Sherry Rehman said the situation showed the government had not taken action to stop creeping Talibanisation of the capital. A senior official, requesting anonymity, said there was a view in the government that the madrassa students were trying to get themselves in newspapers and on television. And the government does not want to open another front at a time when the lawyers community is already up in arms on the issue of the chief justice, he said. Posted by: Fred 2007-03-30 |
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