Funds for seminaries taken over from JuD to be provided by new govt: report

The decision of allocating funds for  Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) seminaries taken over by the authorities, has been left for the new provincial government.

According to a local media report, the caretaker Punjab government decided to leave the final decision to the new government that will release funds to keep the seminaries and the health units working.

During a Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting this year, the previous government decided to freeze the accounts of JuD and its sister organisation – Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) – which ran the affairs of the seminaries and health units and also took over the madressahs and the health units.

In Rawalpindi, the district administration took over the control of a seminary and four health units while in Islamabad the capital administration took over three health facilities and seven ambulances.

The Auqaf department conducted a survey of the institutions as directed by the Punjab government and came up with the details of their expenditures, including salaries, utility bills and food for students living in the seminaries, amounting to about Rs24.6 million a year.