703 madrassas blacklisted in FATA

PESHAWAR: Under the directives of the federal government the Frontier Rangers have completed preparations to take action against unregistered madrassas (seminaries) in the tribal areas.

According to sources as part of the implementation for the National Action Plan (NAP) 703 madrassas in the Federal Administerd Tribal Areas (FATA) have been blacklisted in which 50,000 students including 18,000 women are

By TICKER

August 25, 2015

PESHAWAR: Under the directives of the federal government the Frontier Rangers have completed preparations to take action against unregistered madrassas (seminaries) in the tribal areas.

According to sources as part of the implementation for the National Action Plan (NAP) 703 madrassas in the Federal Administerd Tribal Areas (FATA) have been blacklisted in which 50,000 students including 18,000 women are being educated.

Out of the 703 unregistered madrassas, over 292 are in North Waziristan and 204 in South Waziristan.