Punjab HR dept directs PCTB to shift all religious content from syllabus to Islamiyat
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April 22, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Punjab’s Human Rights and Minorities Affairs Department has asked the Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB) to exclude all Islamic content including hamd, naat and topics on the life of the Prophet (PBUH) from the textbooks of all subjects, including Urdu, English and General Knowledge, and shift the material to Islamiyat.
Sources, however, confirm that this direction of the provincial HR department to the PCTB has been given without there being any decision on the matter by the provincial cabinet. The Punjab HR Department’s letter even ignored the Supreme Court, which has yet to take a decision on the proposed changes suggested by a one-man Minority Commission.
Top Story
April 22, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Punjab’s Human Rights and Minorities Affairs Department has asked the Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB) to exclude all Islamic content including hamd, naat and topics on the life of the Prophet (PBUH) from the textbooks of all subjects, including Urdu, English and General Knowledge, and shift the material to Islamiyat.
Sources, however, confirm that this direction of the provincial HR department to the PCTB has been given without there being any decision on the matter by the provincial cabinet. The Punjab HR Department’s letter even ignored the Supreme Court, which has yet to take a decision on the proposed changes suggested by a one-man Minority Commission.
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April 21, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has distanced itself from the SC’s one-man commission and expressed “complete disagreement” with the latter’s report that had recommended shifting the entire Islamic content from compulsory subjects like Urdu, English and General Knowledge to Islamiyat.
In a press release issued through the ministry of religious affairs, chairman of the NCM Chela Ram Kewlani said that the National Commission for Minorities does not agree with the content of the report presented by the one-man commission to the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
He said that following a recent briefing by an education ministry official on the Single National Curriculum, the NCM had unanimously endorsed the curriculum and termed it historic. He said the creation of a Single National Curriculum is a welcome step of the present government.
National
April 21, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has distanced itself from the SC’s one-man commission and expressed “complete disagreement” with the latter’s report that had recommended shifting the entire Islamic content from compulsory subjects like Urdu, English and General Knowledge to Islamiyat.
In a press release issued through the ministry of religious affairs, chairman of the NCM Chela Ram Kewlani said that the National Commission for Minorities does not agree with the content of the report presented by the one-man commission to the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
He said that following a recent briefing by an education ministry official on the Single National Curriculum, the NCM had unanimously endorsed the curriculum and termed it historic. He said the creation of a Single National Curriculum is a welcome step of the present government.
Pakistan s minority commission team visits vandalised Hindu temple
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Last Updated: Jan 06, 2021, 07:15 PM IST
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The delegation s visit comes a day after the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Evacuee Property Trust Board (EPTB) to start reconstruction of the damaged temple and instructed authorities to recover the money for the restoration work from the attackers whose act has caused international embarrassment to Pakistan.
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PESHAWAR: A delegation of Pakistan s National Commission for Minorities led by its Chairman Chela Ram Kewlani on Wednesday visited the Hindu temple that was vandalised and set on fire by a mob in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province last week.