quetta pakistan pakistan army chief thursday criticize madrassas mushroom nationwide mostly teach islamic theology say country need revisit religious school concept modernize madrassa education thorny issue pakistan deeply conservative muslim nation religious school often blame radicalization youngsters education available millions poor children general qamar javed bajwa remark apparently off-the-cuff prepare speech rare example army chief criticize madrassas often build adjacent mosques underpin islamisation efforts religious hardliners bajwa say madrassa education pakistan inadequate prepare students modern world madrassas lose essence madrassas bajwa tell youth conference quetta capital southwestern province baluchistan bajwa say recently tell 2.5 million students teach madrassas belong deobandi sunni muslim sub-sect share beliefs strictly orthodox wahhabi school islam arabian peninsula become become maulvis clerics become terrorists bajwa ask say impossible build enough mosques employ huge number madrassa students need look revisit concept madrassas ... need give worldly education pakistan 20,000 register madrassas though believe thousands unregistered ones single-room school handful students study koran security service keep close eye madrassas associate radicalize youths feed recruit islamist militant outfit kill tens thousands people south asian country since 2000. handful school shut authorities hand stay fear religious backlash islamist hardliners hold great sway pakistani society capital islamabad paralyze nearly three weeks last month blockade stag newly form ultra-religious party bajwa say poor education hold back nation 207 million people especially madrassas teach theology chance future country military last year propose plan deradicalize religious hard-liners mainstreaming political party plan initially reject civilian government appear take form army chief say pakistan 'revisit islamic madrassa school