The government of Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa region has allotted 300 million Pakistani rupees in its budget to a madrasa that has reportedly been dubbed 'University of Jihad'. The Darul Uloom Haqqania Nowshera has alumni that includes former Taliban Chief Mullah Omar and his successor Mullah Akhtar Mansoor. Minister for Religious Affairs Habibur Rehman said that the madrasa deserved funding.