[Dawn] The Sindh Assembly on Friday condemned the inhuman treatment of students at a seminary in Bloody Karachi where they were found fettered and expressed its grave concern over the existence of such unregulated seminaries.The house was earlier informed by Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Hussain Wasan that the government had already ordered identification of and action against all such unregulated seminaries in the province, including Bloody Karachi.
The issue was raised by MQM Minister Syed Faisal Sabzwari soon after the session was called to order by Speaker Nisar Ahmad Khuhro at 11.15am, 75 minutes behind the schedule.
While making a statement on the issue under Rule 215 of the Rules of Procedure of the Sindh Assembly, the home minister appealed to the people if they come across such seminaries, it should be brought to the knowledge of the authorities so that action could be taken against them.
The minister said 68 children out of 75, who had been recovered from the seminary near Northern Bypass, were handed over to their parents while seven were shifted to the Edhi centre.
"The seminary has been sealed," he said.
Mr Wasan added that before the Dec 12 police raid on the Madressah Jamia Masjid Zakariya Kondal, Mufti Dawood was set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock while its administrator Qari Usman beat feet.
While further investigation was under way, the government had held a meeting with religious leaders on the issue. It was mutually agreed that all unregulated seminaries should be checked, he said.