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PESHAWAR: Maulana Amanullah Haqqani, provincial minister for auqaf and religious affairs, has said that the registration of seminaries in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) has begun. Haqqani told a private TV channel on Saturday that every seminary would submit a memorandum along with other necessary documents to the government. He said that the registration of new seminaries was banned in 1994 but the ban was lifted in 2004. He said that procedural problems which delayed the registration, had been removed now. He said that the NWFP Industries Department would register seminaries under the Registration Act of 1860. He said that seminary boards would also be registered. He said that 1,500 seminaries would also have to register afresh. Haqqani appealed to the seminaries not to hide any information. He clarified that no change would be made in the curriculum of seminaries. |