Pakistan government has reportedly decided to demolish the Jamia Hafsa girls’  madrassa attached to the Lal Masjid here on the grounds that the building is not stable after the July 11 military raid on the complex.
Renovation work

As renovation work was on at a feverish pitch to get the bullet-riddled main mosque ready for holding Friday prayers this week, an operation for demolition of Jamia Hafsa building is in the offing as the structure of the building has been declared as dangerous, media reports here said.

Pakistan religious parties have opposed its demolition and are keen to run the madrassa. A joint team of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and National Engineering Services of Pakistan (NESPAK) has submitted a report declaring the structure as dangerous.

CDA Chairman Kamran Lashari said a team of structural engineers from CDA and NESPAK submitted a report on Saturday.

“In the light of the report, it is necessary to raze the structure,” he was quoted as saying by The News.