**t funding 'extremist mindset' in Pakistan: Saudi Arabia
 

Islamabad, Feb 9 (IANS) Saudi Arabia Monday denied funding of what it called the extremist mindset through its financial support to religious seminaries in Pakistan. "A section of the media has been propagating a false impression that Saudi Arabia is funding the extremist mindset in Pakistan through its financial support for religious seminaries," Dawn quoted a press statement issued by the Saudi embassy in Islamabad. "Whenever any seminary, mosque or charity organisation requests the Saudi Arabia for financial assistance, the embassy refers the matter to the Pakistani government through the foreign ministry for examining suitability of the applicant," the statement added. The Saudi embassy's statement comes weeks after Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Minister of Pakistan Riaz Hussain Pirzada accused the Saudi government of creating instability across the Muslim world by distributing money in order to promote religious extremism.

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