PESHAWAR: Registration of foreign students studying in ‘madrassahs’ (religious schools) in Pakistan has been completed, DawnNews reported.

At least 2,673 students are studying in Pakistani ‘madrassahs’ out of which 1,147 are from Afghanistan.

Sources said that 396 foreign students are studying in madrassahs in Punjab, 999 in Sindh, six in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 1,147 in Balochistan , two in Azad Kashmir and 123 in Islamabad.

The statistics of foreign students in tribal areas was not available due to security reasons, sources  added.

The foreign students registered in Punjab's madrassahs include four from Bangladesh, 12 from China, 13 from Ethiopia, two from Guinea, 59 from Indonesia, 24 from Kyrgyzstan, 44 from Kazakhstan, 13 from Malaysia, two from Macedonia, three from Morocco, seven from Myanmar, 32 from Philippines, five from Sierra Leone, 10 from Somalia, six from Sri Lanka, seven from Sudan, 16 from Tajikistan and three from Tunisia.