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Pakistan proud of its madrassas: Aziz
 Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Saturday the misconceptions about madrassas should be removed as they were playing a positive role in providing education to the poor. | We are proud of our madrassas for providing free education to thousands of poor students. We should not be apologetic about them. Every country has these madrassas then why shouldnt we. |
We are proud of our madrassas for providing free education to thousands of poor students. We should not be apologetic about them. Every country has these madrassas then why shouldnt we, he said at an international conference titled Governing for MDGs: Focus on Incentives, Ownership and Incentives.
The National Reconstruction Bureau in collaboration with the World Bank organised the conference, | Some seminaries might be carried away by religious sentiments. However, the government can deal with them. |
which was sponsored by Japan, the Canadian International Development Agency and the United Nations Development Fund. Aziz said the most madrassas were doing a good job but there were misconceptions in the world about them, which needed to be removed. Some seminaries might be carried away by religious sentiments. However, the government can deal with them, he said.
Posted by: Fred 2007-04-29 |
