KARACHI: The Sindh government has principally ‘accepted’ the request from Dawat-i-Islami, which calls itself a peaceful movement for preaching the Quran and Sunnah, to grant it 150 acres of land in Karachi to establish a university of international standards, said an official on Wednesday.

The decision came four months after Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari visited the centre of the organisation in Karachi, Faizan-i-Madina.

In the meeting leaders of Dawat-i-Islami presented their case and sought his favour for a piece of land.

In a recent communiqué from Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah with the subject “allotment of 150-acre amenity land to Dawat-i-Islami Trust for its project Dar-ul-Madinah International University as announced by Mr Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Chairman PPP”, the Board of Revenue had been asked to “examine” the request and put it up “early”.

“The Sindh government has agreed to extend its favour to Dawat-i-Islami. The directive from the Sindh chief minister to the Board of Revenue is a beginning of a process which takes some time. The area along the Superhighway has been identified for this purpose,” the official added.

Published in Dawn, May 3rd, 2018