The book Bahishti Zevar by Maulana Ali Thanvi, which contained objectionable, improper, and illegal content on children, was removed from the curriculum after the NCPCR wrote to the district administration of Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh to inquire into the matter earlier in July this year.
They said some armed men shot at and injured Qaiser Farooq, aged 30 years, and Farooq Shakir, aged 10 years, at Gulshan-i-Umar seminary near Edhi Centre and escaped from the spot.
A 46-year-old religious priest and seminary administrator was shot dead in Karachi's Gulistan-e-Jauhar neighbourhood on Tuesday night, ARY News reported quoting the police.
The chief speaker of the webinar, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Language University, Lucknow Dr Masood Falahi, while addressing the webinar highlighted the ideology behind the establishment of Deoband Seminary.
Pakistan on Friday strongly condemned the attack on civilians in a Seminary in Afghanistan's Samangan which resulted in the deaths of at least 20 students and children, and a dozen wounded.
Taking to Twitter, US Special Representative for Afghanistan said, "Terrible news from Samangan this morning. Children were among those killed and injured in an attack on a religious school. The United States condemns this senseless attack against innocent civilians. All Afghan children have
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], September 17 (ANI): The body of a 24-year-old female seminary teacher was recovered on Friday morning, which triggered a protest in the Peshawar district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 13 (ANI): Amid the worsened human rights situation in Pakistan, a local seminary teacher was arrested for allegedly molesting a student, local media reported on Saturday citing a police official.
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 4 (ANI): Media watchdogs have called out the Taliban for another crackdown imposed by the organization as TV channel Metra in Balkh province of Afghanistan has been converted into a religious seminary.
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 30 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday expressed concern about the "cold-blooded murder" of a woman by three female seminary colleagues in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.