Pak plans madarsa relocation

The girls have been occupying a public library for the past two months to protest against the demolition of unauthorised mosques in Islamabad.

Last week, these girls even held two policemen and three women hostage in a Taliban-like operation and secured the release of two detained teachers of the seminary in exchange for the security personnel.

They have also been enforcing closures of music and video shops in the capital.

An Islamist body, the Council of Islamic Ideology CII, urged the authorities to take strong action against religious organisations challenging its writ.

8220;The CII made this recommendation to the government after students of the Jamia Hafsa madarsa challenged the writ of the government by starting an 8216;anti-vice campaign8217; in the capital,8221; sources told the Daily Times.