PESHAWAR: Security forces searched a seminary once run by the former Taliban defence minister Maulana Jalaluddin Haqqani in North Waziristan for suspected militants on Tuesday, a senior administration official told Daily Times. However, the official said no suspected militants or banned material was found during a two-hour search of the madrassa, which is just outside Miranshah, the agency headquarters of North Waziristan. Tribal leaders were informed in advance and they accompanied administration officials during the search, said the official on condition of anonymity.Riaz Mehsud, the assistant political officer of Miranshah, told a tribal jirga before the start of the operation that the security forces suspected militants were hiding in the seminary. A military source in Peshawar told Daily Times that the search operation at the seminary was a routine measure the civil administration was taking to purge the area of suspected Qaeda militants.