Tag: seminary

Protesters in Iran attack seminary, break windows

TEHRAN: Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency says protesters attacked a seminary in the northern province of Alborz but were stopped by the police before...

Police file charge sheet against seminary teacher in rape, extortion case:...

KARACHI: Police submitted a charge sheet on Friday against a seminary teacher in an extortion and rape case, before an anti-terrorism court (ATC) administrative judge,...

Police arrest seminary teacher over charges of rape in Karachi

KARACHI: Police held a seminary teacher in Karachi over allegedly raping and blackmailing a girl. According to media reports on Wednesday, Korangi SHO Inayatullah Marwat said...

KP govt under criticism for aiding controversial school

ISLAMABAD: The provincial government of Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province came under sharp criticism for giving an Islamic seminary an estimated Rs.28million ($2,500,000) in...

Parents pardon cleric accused of beating their eight-year-old to death

KARACHI: A cleric who had allegedly beaten an eight-year-old to death at a seminary in the Bin Qasim Town area of the city was...

Cleric held for allegedly assaulting student in Karachi seminary

  Police on Sunday said they have arrested a cleric over allegations of raping his 14-year-old student in Karachi. According to Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) East...

Seminary student found dead

FAISALABAD: A seminary student was found dead in the area of Jhang Bazaar police station here on Wednesday. Police said that police received information from...

Police recover boy ‘held in chains’ in Sindh madrassah

TANDO MUHAMMAD KHAN: Police have recovered a boy from a madrassah in Anwar Colony area of Tando Muhammad Khan where he had been kept confined...

Cleanliness drive by seminary students appreciated

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Naib Amir Asadullah Bhutto here on Monday appreciated students of a local seminary for carrying out a cleanliness drive in their...

Indian seminary issues fatwa banning Muslims from posting pictures on social...

One of the largest seminaries in India has issued a fatwa that bans Muslims from posting pictures on social media websites, according to a...

Six killed, 8 injured in DG Khan seminary roof-collapse

  At least six students were killed and eight others seriously injured when the roof of a seminary caved in in Dera Ghazi Khan on...

Police catch six suspects from Lahore seminary

  Police took six suspects into custody following a search operation at a seminary in Iqbal Town. In another operation, 10 suspects were arrested in the...

Prayer leader arrested for assaulting seminary student

A local prayer leader accused of raping a minor seminary student in Tajori area of Lakki Marwat was arrested on Tuesday. Station House Officer (SHO)...