A Hindu has been appointed as special advisor to the Pakistan prime minister to monitor the process of registration and reforms of madrasas in the country.

Caretaker prime minister Mohammadmian Soomro appointed Amar Lal, who has been working as the prime minister's special assistant on minority affairs, to the post, assigning him the status of a Federal Minister.

According to Daily Times, Lal had directed secretary religious affairs Wakil Ahmad Khan in a letter on Tuesday to provide him all records pertaining to reforms and registrations of madrasas besides arranging a special briefing for himself about the syllabus taught at the seminaries.

"It's not in my knowledge that anyone has been appointed as special adviser to monitor registration of madrasas," Mr Wakil Ahmad Khan was quoted by the paper as saying.

He denied receiving any letter from Lal asking to arrange a briefing for the latter.