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Centre planning law to register seminaries
| Again? They keep saying they're gonna do this, and somehow it always remains "one of these days." |
| What's the registration for, the school hot lunch program? |
The government has decided to bring in legislation to register seminaries in order to regulate their activities throughout the country, sources told Daily Times on Sunday. They said the proposed law would be introduced soon. President Pervez Musharraf promulgated the Madrasa Registration and Regulation Ordinance in 2002, but it lapsed after three months. Sources said that under the present laws — the Society Act and Social Welfare Act — only the provincial governments are authorised to register seminaries. The ministry has proposed assigning only one ministry to seminaries. Presently three ministries, Interior, Education and Religious Affairs ministries, deal with matters related to seminaries, sources said. Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Ejaz-ul-Haq told Daily Times that he would take up the issue with the National Security Council today
Posted by: Fred 2005-02-28 |
