The Ittehad-e-Tanzimat-e-Madaris-e-Dinya (ITMD) plans to hold talks with the government on the repatriation of foreign madrassa students after Eidul Azha. "A meeting of the ITMD with President General Pervez Musharraf is expected in this connection," ITMD sources said. They said the top ITMD leaders were currently in Saudi Arabia for Haj and talks with the government would take place after their return. The ITMD has resisted the government's decision to deport all foreign students studying in Pakistani madrassas. The sources said Ejazul Haq, the federal minister for religious affairs, would hold an informal meeting with ITMD leaders during his visit to Saudi Arabia and finalise a schedule for the talks to resolve the issue. The ITMD wants the government to at least allow the more than 700 foreign students to finish their courses, which end in eight months.