ISLAMABAD, July 15: Education Minister Lt-Gen (retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi said on Friday that no military training was being imparted to students in madressahs in the country. “We have no evidence of military training being imparted in madressahs in the recent past,” he told CNN and added, “We have been reading about it in the press but no body has officially told us about such training in any madressah.”

“If the British government has any evidence, it should tell us and we will certainly look into it and take action,” Mr Qazi said while condemning the London blasts that had killed at least 54 people.—APP

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