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India-Pakistan
Seminaries' funds to be put under the scanner. Really.
2015-09-09
[DAWN] Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan
...Currently the Interior Minister of Pakistain. He is the senior leader of the Pak Moslem League (N) and a close aide to Nawaz Uncle Fester Sharif. He is noted for his vocal anti-American railing in the National Assembly. However (comma) Khan told the U.S. ambassador that he was in fact pro-American but he and the PML-N would have to be critical of US actions in order to remain publicly credible. Khan cited his wife and children's US citizenship as proof, which means he's lying to one side or the other and probably both. He wears a wig, but you probably guessed that. since hair doesn't grow naturally in that shape or texture...
has said that religious seminaries will be allowed to open bank accounts in an effort to guard against illicit funding and ensure transparency of transactions.

Speaking at a presser after a meeting with religious scholars from the Tanzeem Ittehad-ul-Madaris (TIM) -- an umbrella body of five organizations representing the seminaries of the major schools of thought -- the minister said that a meeting between TIM representatives and State Bank officials would be arranged to iron out the modalities.

He also said the government would evolve a mechanism to streamline foreign funding to seminaries.

Currently, religious seminaries are barred from opening bank accounts, which means that their funds are deposited into individuals' accounts.

The meeting was spread over two rounds, with the second one chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
and attended by Chief of the Army Staff Gen Raheel Sha­rif and Inter Services Intell­igence (ISI) Director General Lt-Gen Rizwan Akhtar.
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