Sindh govt takes control of madrassas, schools of banned outfits

Karachi: Enforcing the National Action Plan (NAP), the Sindh government on Thursday took over control of a number of schools, madrassas and hospitals being operated by banned outfits in the province, ARY News reported.

The Auqaf department took the administrative control of 31 schools, 16 madrassas and 9 hospitals of proscribed organisations.

The religious places have been taken under control following a crackdown against the proscribed outfits under the National Action Plan.

A day earlier, the federal authorities took over control of dozens of seminaries and mosques in Islamabad, Chakwal and Attock.

Separately, the law enforcement agencies sealed a hospital and  three dispensaries run by the proscribed organizations in Rawalpindi.

The Rawalpindi district administration told journalists that security forces, in compliance with the National Action Plan (NAP), had sealed the establishments being run by the banned organisations.

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The officials said that the hospital and the three dispensaries had been sealed while the administrative control of a seminary had been handed over to the Punjab government.

The security agencies also sealed seven shops and seized an ambulance during the crackdown in Rawalpindi. No activist of the banned outfits have been apprehended so far.