(MENAFN - Tribal News Network) September 08, 2017

PESHAWAR, 8 September: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to collect data of all mosques in the province and appoint educated Imams or teachers.

Letters have been sent to deputy commissioners of all the districts to collect data of all the mosques. KP Minister for Religious Affairs Habibur Rehman said while talking to BBC that the initiative has been taken under the decisions taken in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak to implement the National Action Plan (NAP). The minister said the data of mosques will be collected within 20 days through union councils.

Habibur Rehman said decision about the criteria of education and other qualifications of the Imams to be selected in the mosques has not been finalised yet. However, he said, this matter will be discussed in the coming few days.

The minister said no written directions have been received in this regard. However, he said, the secretary Auqaf Department has initiated work in this regard on the directions of the chief minister.

The report said while quoting official sources that government and private mosques of all sects have been included in the plan.

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