Through a letter, the interior ministry has instead asked the Sindh government to inform the federal government of the action the provincial authorities have so far taken against the "suspected" seminaries, if it has any concrete evidence against them because taking action against such elements falls in the domain of the provincial governments.
"If there was any concrete evidence available against the people affiliated with these seminaries, then what action the provincial government, police and other law enforcement agencies have taken against them?" asked the letter whose contents in Urdu were released to the media by the ministry here on Thursday.
Talking to news hounds in his Parliament House chambers, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan
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Currently the Interior Minister of Pakistain. He is the senior leader of the Pak Moslem League (N) and a close aide to Nawaz Uncle FesterSharif. He is noted for his vocal anti-American railing in the National Assembly. However (comma) Khan told the U.S. ambassador that he was in fact pro-American but he and the PML-N would have to be critical of US actions in order to remain
publicly credible. Khan cited his wife and children's US citizenship as proof, which means he's lying to one side or the other and probably both. He wears a wig, but you probably guessed that. since hair doesn't grow naturally in that shape or texture...
had disclosed that the Sindh government, through a letter written to his ministry, had sought proscription of 94 ’suspected’ religious seminaries.
Terming the provincial government’s move "ridiculous", the minister had stated that it was for the provinces to take action against the suspected religious seminaries. He had also regretted that before the letter had reached the interior ministry, the Sindh chief minister had made a statement about it.
In its reply to the provincial government, the interior ministry has alleged that the "incomplete information" and "ambiguous language" of the Sindh government’s communication gives the impression that the letter has been written by the provincial authorities "with some political motives and to hide their own lapses" in the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) against terrorism.
Through the letter, the interior ministry has regretted that the list provided by the provincial authorities does not have complete addresses of the "suspected seminaries", and even has the names of seminaries in other provinces, including Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
, Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....
and Fata.
"The Sindh government’s request for action against the seminaries functioning outside its administrative control and outside its geographical boundaries and without any concrete evidence in incomprehensible," says the letter, which adds: "Apparently, it seems that the provincial authorities have not fully studied the legal requirements for proscribing any organization." The ministry has "advised" the Sindh government "to remain confined to its geographical limits" and provide "credible" information, keeping in mind that "every action against seminaries requires legal justification".
The interior minister has been facing criticism from leaders of the main opposition Pakistain People’s Party, which is the ruling party in Sindh, for the past many months over his alleged failure to fully implement the NAP against terrorism.