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THE reaction to the one-member Shoaib Suddle Commission report, which recommended that content on Islamic teachings and history be only carried in Islamic Studies textbooks was not unexpected. The report came at a time when the protests of the now banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan was underway and the state could not afford an upsurge in emotions.
The Council of Islamic Ideology and the National Commission on Minorities both denounced the report. However, it was on the directives of the governor of Punjab that the Department of Human Rights and Minorities Affairs withdrew the notification to implement the recommendations of the Supreme Court-appointed commission.
Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar has taken notice of omitting Islamic content from the curriculum except the subject of Islamic Studies. DawnNewsTV/File
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar has taken notice of omitting Islamic content from the curriculum except the subject of Islamic Studies. On his directive, the Department of Human Rights and Minorities Affairs withdrew the notification to implement the recommendations of the one-member commission.
Mr Sarwar immediately stopped the implementation of the recommendations of the Shoaib Suddle Commission. A new notification has also been issued. The Muslim scholars expressed their gratitude to the governor.
Talking to the Muslim religious scholars in a meeting on Monday, Mr Sarwar said the Islamic content would not be removed from the curriculum and it would not be limited to the subject of Islamic Studies only.
Punjab reverses curriculum change
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LAHORE:
Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has taken notice of the issue of omitting Islamic content from the curriculum except Islamic studies.
The department concerned withdrew the notification to implement the recommendations of the one-member commission on the directive of the governor.
Special Assistant to Prime Minister Maulana Tahir Ashrafi, Royat-e-Halal Committee Chairman Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad expressed their gratitude to Governor Sarwar on the withdrawal of notification.
The participants expressed their concerns over omitting Islamic content from books other than Islamic studies in Punjab s curriculum.
A new notification has also been issued on which scholars expressed their gratitude to the governor.
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Islamabad– A report submitted at the Pakistan Supreme Court has revealed that most of the Hindu holy sites across the country were a “picture of neglect”, it was reported on Monday.
The report was submitted on February 5 by the one-man Shoaib Suddle Commission, which was set up by the apex court, Dawn news said in a report.
It regretted that the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), which maintains Hindu and Sikh places of worship in Pakistan, “failed to maintain most of the ancient and holy sites of the minority community”.
On January 6 and 7, the Commission visited the Katas Raj Mandir in Chakwal and Prahlad Mandir in Multan, respectively, and in the report it decpited a general picture of decay and obliteration of two of the four most revered evacuee sites in Pakistan.