 The government has decided to amend the Society Act 1860, which relates to the registration and regulation of religious seminaries. Under the amendments, seminaries will have to provide information on their financial resources and will have to audit their accounts on an annual basis.
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âA recent meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz asked Religious Affairs Secretary Vakil Ahmed Khan to start work on amending the act,â sources told Daily Times on Sunday. With the help of the Education, Interior and Law and Justice Ministries, the secretary had started working on proposing amendments to the act, sources added. The government also decided to go back on its decision to form the Madrassa Reforms Board headed by Lt Gen (r) Javed Ashraf Qazi, sources said.
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Sources said another amendment being considered was for seminaries to give an undertaking to audit their accounts annually. Similarly, seminaries would also have to provide information on their students, teachers and syllabi related to religion, sources said, adding that another amendment being considered would bound seminaries to provide information on the number of conventional subjects being taught along with religious subjects. |