Registration of foreign students studying in 'madrassahs' (religious schools) in Pakistain has been completed, DawnNews reported.At least 2,673 students are studying in Pak 'madrassahs' out of which 1,147 are from Afghanistan.
Sources said that 396 foreign students are studying in madrassahs in Punjab, 999 in Sindh, six in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
, 1,147 in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
, two in Azad Kashmire and 123 in Islamabad.
The statistics of foreign students in tribal areas was not available due to security reasons, sources added.
The foreign students registered in Punjab's madrassahs include four from Bangladesh, 12 from China, 13 from Æthiopia, two from Guinea, 59 from Indonesia, 24 from Kyrgyzstan, 44 from Kazakhstan, 13 from Malaysia, two from Macedonia, three from Morocco, seven from Myanmar, 32 from Philippines, five from Sierra Leone, 10 from Somalia, six from Sri Lanka, seven from Sudan, 16 from Tajikistan and three from Tunisia.