The government, in line with the provision of the National Action Plan (NAP) has shut down 254 religious seminaries across the country due to involvement in suspicious activities while monitoring of 190 seminaries has been handed over to Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). These seminaries are also involved in receiving funds from foreign countries.
The registration form for registration of seminaries jointly prepared by National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) and ITMP has been dispatched to the concerned provincial and federal security institutions for seeking their opinion.
The Interior Ministry has completed the process of collecting data of religious seminaries in Punjab and the federal capital, while 80 per cent of work in Sindh, 75per cent in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 60 per cent in Balochistan has been completed.
As many as 167 suspected seminaries in Sindh, 13 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, two in Punjab, and 72 unregistered madrassas in Sindh have been closed so far.
