ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Religious Affairs (MORA) on Sunday suspended a Rs40.22 million Madrassah Reforms Project grant to religious seminaries.
The ministry secretary has informed the chief secretaries of all provinces about the grant’s suspension in this regard.
The heads of all the madaris have strongly condemned the move and asked the religious affairs minister to intervene.
According to sources at the ministry, the government has stopped the grant that was being released to madaris for modern education for the last 16 years.
Sources further informed that the ministry had released grants to 240 madaris after verification last year.