Many seminaries reluctant to shut down despite Sindh govt’s order
National
December 19, 2020
KARACHI: Defying the Sindh government’s orders of ending educational activities at the religious seminaries, madrassas’ administrators on Friday said they are only supposed to follow the instructions of their representative boards regarding continuing with academic activities at the madrassas or shutting them down.
After the recent spike in coronavirus cases across the country, the federal and Sindh governments had announced the closure of schools and all other educational institutions from November 26 onwards. However, madrassas across the country, including Sindh, did not comply with the order and continued with their educational activities.
Karachi: The Sindh Government has said that it is going to consult the concerned Ulema first before implementing its order to shut religious seminaries across the province due to the prevailing second wave of coronavirus in the country.
“The order to this effect was issued in the previous day as Saeed Ghani (Sindh Education and Labour Minister) will now hold consultation on this issue with Ulema,” said Sindh Information, Religious Affairs, and Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah while talking to media persons here on Friday.
He said the Sindh government’s order to suspend educational activities in the religious seminaries could not be implemented without the assistance, consultation, and consent of the concerned Ulema. “We will definitely talk to them on this issue,” he said.