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| Seminaries registration: MMA defeats its own bill |
| 2005-10-26 |
| PESHAWAR: Mutahidda Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) defeated a bill for the registration of religious seminaries on Tuesday, presented for immediate consideration in the NWFP Assembly by its own minister. NWFP Law Minister Malik Zafar Azam presented âThe North West Frontier Province Societies Registration (Amendment) Bill 2005â in the house for immediate consideration. However, the minister later denied he used the words âimmediate considerationâ. Quoting Rules and Business Procedure 82 of the provincial Assembly, the minister said he gave three options to the house: first that the bill be considered at once, failing that it should be sent to the standing or select committee of the house and finally it should be circulated to gather public opinion. When it was put to vote the bill was defeated by 39 to 15 votes. Referring to the bill MMAâs Maulana Nizamuddin said there were so many restrictions on seminaries despite the fact that the province had an Islamic government. âEven the British did not impose so many curbs when they ruled the subcontinent,â he said. |
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