KARACHI: Defending the role of madressahs and resenting the prime minister’s mention of religious schools in the context of terrorism, Qari Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari demanded on Thursday that the government expose elements and organisations behind the Peshawar school carnage, saying that it was the worst incident of its kind in the world.

He, however, alleged that under the cover of the tragedy a propaganda campaign sponsored by the west had been unleashed against the madressahs and Islam.

Qari Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari is the general secretary of the Ittehad-i-Tanzeemat-i-Madaris-i-Deenia — an umbrella organisation of five main bodies representing seminaries from as many different schools of thought.