IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar's visited Jamia Ashrafia

 

Inspector General Police Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar visited the famous religious educational institute Jamia Ashrafia and met Chief Administrator Hafiz Asad Obaid and Principal Jamia Ashrafia Maulana Fazal ur Rahim. Maulana Zubair Hassan, Maulana Ajwad Ubaid, Maulana Awais Hassan, Mufti Ahmad Ali, Maulana Hafiz Saad, Hafiz Abdul Rasheed, Qari Arshad Ubaid and other scholars and teachers were also present on this occasion.

IG Punjab Dr. Usman visited classrooms, library, computer lab, mosque and other departments of Jamia Ashrafia. Dr. Usman Anwar met the children, inquired about the educational activities. IG Punjab Dr Usman Anwar said that thousands of children of different schools of thought are getting religious studies in Jamia Ashrafia, all the classrooms of this institute are equipped with modern facilities and monitored by CCTV cameras. IG Punjab said that the purpose of coming here is to project the real facts of religious schools to everyone, no child is being forcibly taught here, nor is anyone chained, children and young students are learning Quranic studies in the best environment and are learning religious teaching of Hadith and other religious subjects. IG Punjab said that some anti-social elements try to spread baseless news or videos and spread propaganda against religious schools, which should be eradicated by scholars as well as all schools of thought.

Chief Administer Hafiz Asad Obaid informed IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar about the facilities available in Jamia Ashrafiya and said that religious education is being given to children in Arabic, Persian, Chinese and English languages in Jamia Ashrafiya. Hafiz Asad Ubaid further said that Jamia Ashrafia's website and toll-free number provide guidance on religious issues to Muslims around the world, more than 04 thousand students of Hadith, Barelvi, Deobandi and Shia schools of thought are studying in Jamia Ashrafia. IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar also recorded a special message about the ongoing educational activities in Jamia Ashrafia. DIG Operations Lahore Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi, DIG Elite Mansoor ul Haq, SSP Operations Lahore Ali Raza, SP Irtaza, SDPO Gulberg ASP Shaherbano Naqvi and other officers were also present.

 

(Handout No. 23)

Syed Mubasher Hussain

Director Public Relations
Punjab Police

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