Objections to Madressa registration bill not related to FATF: Tarar
Says it is not in interest of anyone to politicize constitutional and legal matters.
ISLAMABAD: Objections raised by President Asif Ali Zardari on the seminaries’ registration bill have no connection with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), said information minister Ata Tarar.
President Zardari returned the bill after it was sent for his consent following the bill’s passage by National Assembly and Senate of Pakistan last month. Though the objections raised by the president were not made public, a section of the media reported through sources that the president was of the view that in case the bill was made into a law under the Societies Act it would sent a negative message to the world and may affect Pakistan in terms of FATF.
“In these objections, there is no mention of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), nor they have any connection with it,” said the minister in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
He said it was not in the interest of anyone to politicize the constitutional and legal matters.
It may be noted here that some religious parties, especially the JUI-F have been pressing for the passage of the bill that envisages the registration of the religious seminaries with the district administration. However, the government has been insisting that all seminaries should be registered under the ministry of education.
