 Parents of Jamia Hafsa students injured at Lal Masjid told reporters outside a hospital in Islamabad that they had wanted their daughters to return home, but the Lal Masjid administration had not allowed the students to leave the madrassa, Geo news reported on Tuesday.
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According to the channel, the parents were very upset over the situation and regretted the governmentÂ’s operation. The parents said they had repeatedly requested the Lal Masjid administration to send their daughters home but the madrassaÂ’s faculty had refused to grant leave to the female students. A social worker that met with the injured students said the girls had wanted to leave for their homes but their teachers had ordered them to stay in the madrassa. |