QUETTA, Aug 29: The government will soon set up model madressahs in the Haj Complex buildings across the country so that their graduates could better serve nation and the faith, said religious affairs minister Ejazul Haq.

Speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Quetta Haj Complex on Monday, the minister said these madressas could be set up in rented buildings till the proposed Haj Complex became operational. He said seminaries were world’s largest non-governmental organizations and the government was alive to their valuable service for the contribution of the faith.—Online

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