Amid the brewing tensions between the ruling coalition and the JUI-F over delay in enactment of a seminary registration bill already passed by parliament, the details of a past agreement between the PTI government and the umbrella organization of madrassas has surfaced.
In August 2019, the Ittehad-e-Tanzeemat-e-Madaris and the PTI government signed an agreement. Under the agreement, all religious seminaries were required to register with the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education was recognized as the sole authority to collect data on madrassas.
It was agreed in the deal signed by former minister for education Shafqat Mahmood on behalf of the PTI government that madrassas that did not register with the ministry would be closed.
It was also decided that registration could be canceled for violating regulations, and madrassas were required to open bank accounts.
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