Pakistan Madrasah Education (Establishment and Affiliation of Model Dini Madaris) Board Ordinance, 2001

This 2001 Ordinance created the Pakistan Madrassah Education Board, a body corporate headquartered in Islamabad (Section 3), to establish "Model" religious schools (Model Dini Madaris and Model Darul Ulooms) and to bring Islamic religious education into closer alignment with the general education system, while explicitly preserving the autonomy of existing religious institutions (the Wifaqs, Tanzeems, and Rabitas).

Section 4 sets out the Board's large and varied composition - an eminent educationist as Chairman, representatives of the Ministries of Education, Religious Affairs, and Science and Technology, provincial education secretaries, Ulema who have served on the Council of Islamic Ideology, and leaders of the major Wifaq, Tanzeem, and Rabita organisations. Section 5 gives the Board wide powers: establishing model madaris, approving curricula and examination conditions (in consultation with an Academic Council under Section 10), granting or refusing affiliation to existing madaris, running teacher-training programmes, and approving equivalence of madrassah degrees with mainstream educational qualifications.

Sections 11-13 cover the affiliation process itself: any dini madrassah or darul uloom may apply to the Board for affiliation, and the Board's decision on affiliation is final; affiliated institutions must teach Islamic education as their main subject alongside prescribed general-education subjects, and the Board can cancel an affiliation for non-compliance after giving the institution a hearing. Section 6 allows the Board to inspect any Model madrassah or darul uloom.

Section 14 makes Board officers and staff "public servants" for purposes of the Pakistan Penal Code, and Section 19 grants indemnity from lawsuits for anything done in good faith under the Ordinance. Section 17 establishes a Pakistan Madrasah Education Fund funded by government grants and other income, with a proviso that grants from international agencies require prior government sanction. Sections 20-21 give the Board rule-making and regulation-making powers over finances, administration, and academic matters.

This is a specialised education-sector law rather than a criminal or general-application statute, and the extract shows no penalty provisions - the Board's main enforcement tool is withdrawal of affiliation rather than fines or imprisonment.