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| No plan to crack down on Jamia Hafsa: official |
| 2007-04-05 |
| There is no plan to crack down on Jamia Hafsa, Toldja so. and action will be taken only against Abdul Rashid Ghazi and Maulana Abdul Aziz, National Crisis Management Cell Director General Brig Javed Cheema said on Wednesday. He said an operation against Jamia Hafsa would be the “last option” for the government. Daily Times has learnt the government has decided not to take action against Jamia Hafsa unless Shamim Akhtar, a woman who was accused of running a brothel and kidnapped by Jamia Hafsa students, lodges a complaint with the police. Which she won't, of course, being in fear of her life and limb. In Pakland, you can be kidnapped, and if no one registers a case it didn't happen. The government is considering using Ms Akhtar against the madrassa by supporting her legally and financially because this way it will be able to avoid a direct confrontation with the madrassa. The sources said the government did not want to be involved in registering an FIR against Ghazi and Aziz, the brothers who run Jamia Hafsa and Jamia Fareedia respectively. Separately, the Interior Ministry has sought the president’s approval for use of force to evict the madrassa girls from a library they have occupied since January 27. And they won't get it. |
| Posted by:Fred |