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| Controversial seminary holding up Madina Market reconstruction |
| 2014-06-09 |
| [DAWN] The Taleemul Koran madressah, which first made headlines last year during Muharram, is in the news again. The ancient seminary, located in the heart of Raja Bazaar, has invited the ire of local traders by trying to raise an illegal minaret, stalling the reconstruction of the market complex. The madressah, a nearby mosque and nearly 130 shops in Madina Market were torched during the violence that erupted on Ashura last year. In the wake of the riots, the Punjab government initiated a project in March to reconstruct the damaged property at a cost of about Rs340 million. But the construction work on a particular portion of the market complex has halted due to differences between the traders and the seminary's administration over the construction of minaret and stairs in the backyard of the complex, as this affects the height of the shops on the ground floor and violates the approved building plan. |
| Posted by:Fred |