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| Lal Masjid admin starts tent classes, moves SC for reconstruction |
| 2008-07-26 |
| The Lal Masjid administration started to conduct classes for Jamia Hafsa students in tents on Friday, as a petition demanding contempt of court proceedings against officials responsible for flouting a Supreme Court (SC) order to reconstruct the Jamia Hafsa was filed in the apex court. Around 100 students attended the classes of Daura-e-Hadith. However, the administration announced that the city district government was forcing them to abandon their plans to conduct such classes in future. Lal Masjid deputy cleric Aamir Saddique told Daily Times that the district government was pressuring the administration to abandon its plans to conduct future classes, while also stalling on rebuilding the madrassa, in violation of SC orders. He said that the clerics would implement a strategy to set up the tents on the site of the demolished madrassa if the government did not meet their demands. When contacted, Additional Deputy Commissioner Rana Akbar Hayat confirmed that the administration was trying to convince Lal Masjid clerics to abandon their tents and await a government decision. He also said: "It was not appropriate to initiate the classes in a tent village." The court petition filed by Dr Akmal Saleemi through advocate Tariq Asad under Article 204 of the Constitution has named the interior secretary, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman and the chief commissioner of Islamabad as respondents. The petitioner prayed the court that, apart from initiating contempt of court proceedings, the respondents should also be ordered to reconstruct the Jamia Hafsa. He said that until it was completely reconstructed, the students should be accommodated at the Jamia Faridia. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 And here I thought Reconstruction ended in SC in 1877... :)) |
| Posted by: borgboy 2008-07-26 13:15 |