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April 26, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Punjab’s Human Rights and Minorities Affairs (HR&MA) Department has withdrawn its letter which had asked the Punjab Curriculum Text Board (PCTB) to exclude all Islamic content including Hamd, Naat and topics of the life of holy Prophet (PBUH) from the textbooks of all other subjects including Urdu, English etc and shift it to Islamiyat.
On Sunday, a section officer (HR) of the HR&MA Dept issued a letter to the School Education Department secretary and PCTB managing director announcing the withdrawal of its 1st of April, 2021, letter.
The April 1 letter had directed the PCTB MD to implement the decision taken in a meeting held on 11th of November, 2020, under the chairmanship of one-man commission. The MD PCTB was also conveyed the decision, which read as: “Religious content must be excluded from the books of other subjects and must be restricted to the books specifically intended for religious knowledge (Islamiat/ Ethics).”
Punjab Textbook Board says it can’t restrict entire religious content to Islamiat
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April 24, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB) has said that it can only implement the SC’s one-man commission’s direction calling for the exclusion of all religious content from different subjects and restricting it to Islamiat with the approval of the provincial cabinet, Muttahida Ulema Board (MUB) and National Curriculum Council (NCC).
In its letter written to the concerned authorities on April 20, 2021, the MD PCTB said that the ‘decision’ of the one-man commission, as conveyed to it by the HR and Minorities Department, was placed before the PCTB’s board in its 81st meeting on April 19.
Punjab Textbook Board says it can t restrict entire religious content to Islamiyat
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April 24, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB) has said that it can only implement the SC’s one-man commission’s direction calling for the exclusion of all religious content from different subjects and restricting it to Islamiat with the approval of
the provincial cabinet, Muttahida Ulema Board (MUB) and National Curriculum Council (NCC).
In its letter written to the concerned authorities on April 20, 2021, the MD PCTB said that the ‘decision’ of the one-man commission, as conveyed to it by the HR and Minorities Department, was placed before the PCTB’s board in its 81st meeting on April 19.
Anger as blasphemy case press conference is blocked in Pakistan
Church advocates say a false case against Christian nurses was registered under public pressure
The families of the Christian nurses accused of blasphemy meet Father Khalid Rashid (second right), former vicar general of Faisalabad Diocese, on April 9. (Photo: Father Khalid Rashid)
Catholic officials and lawyers in Pakistan are upset about not being allowed to a hold a press conference following the arrest of two Christian nurses for alleged blasphemy.
On April 9, staff nurse Mariam Lal and student nurse Newish Urooj were detained by police after a first information report under section 295-B of the blasphemy law was made by Dr. Mirza Muhammad Ali of Civil Hospital, Faisalabad, who accused them of scratching a sticker inscribed with “Durood Shareef,” a salutation for Prophet Muhammad.
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