Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said that mosques and seminaries previously linked with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan have been placed under the supervision of Mufti Muneebur Rehman, urging ulema to help steer the public away from extremism.

Addressing religious scholars from the Ittehad Bain-ul-Muslimeen Committee at the Chief Minister’s House on Wednesday, Maryam clarified that the government had not taken control of the religious institutions but entrusted them to senior clerics for proper management.

“The mosques and madrassas that we have sealed have been handed over to Mufti Muneebur Rehman. I have not kept them under my control, nor have I assigned them to my Auqaf department. I have entrusted them to you all because I believe you will use them to promote religion,” s

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