Pakistan Minorities Teachers' Association
Pakistan Minorities Teachers’ Association (PMTA) was established on August 28, 2005 by Professor Anjum James Paul. PMTA is constantly struggling with a dream to make Pakistan a role model state where people of religious minorities will one day live as a part of Pakistani nation and where they will not be judged by their faiths but by the content of equality. Though it is a way to Calvary but we know that the way to Calvary is a way to victory.
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A RAY OF SOCIAL HARMONY IN THE PAKISTANI TEXTBOOKS
A
RAY OF SOCIAL HARMONY IN THE PAKISTANI TEXTBOOKS
Research by: ANJUM JAMES PAUL
This research
based document indicates the material on social harmony in the textbooks and
the role of Pakistan Minorities Teachers’ Association for the improvement of
education system in Pakistan.
October 2014
Publisher: Pakistan Minorities Teachers’
Association
Title: A
Ray of Social Harmony in the Pakistani Textbooks
Research by: Anjum
James Paul
Publisher: Pakistan Minorities Teachers’
Association
Year of Publication: October 2014
Skype: anjumpaul1
Cell No: +92 300
-769-5653 & + 92 333-993-3922
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Ray of Hope
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Introduction of Pakistan Minorities Teachers’ Association
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Reservations
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Recommendations
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Achievements
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A Ray of Social
Harmony in the Pakistani Textbooks
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A Bird’s Eye View
of the Contribution of Pakistan Minorities Teachers’ Association for Unbiased
Education in Pakistan
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I dedicate this
research document to those HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS whose lives are at risk for the
protection of human rights.
RAY OF HOPE
The foundation of Pakistan Minorities Teachers’
Association (PMTA) was laid on August 28, 2004 with a dream to make Pakistan a
state where people will not be judged by their faiths but by the content of
equality. Article 25 (1) of the Constitution of Pakistan guarantees equal
rights to all citizens as it declares , “All citizens are equal before law and are entitled to
equal protection of law.” Article 22
(1) clearly guarantees “No person attending any educational
institution shall be required to receive religious instruction, or take part in
any religious ceremony, or attend religious worship, if such instruction,
ceremony or worship relates to a religion other than his own.”
Unfortunately there has
been discrimination with the religious minority students in the National
Education Policies of Pakistan, National Curriculum and the textbooks.
Pakistani Textbooks are biased against the religious minorities due to the
biased and discriminatory approaches of the National Education Policies and
National Curriculum of Pakistan. The religious minorities are not fully exercising
their fundamental rights freely as guaranteed in the Constitution of Pakistan.
They are under threat and being persecuted. Pakistani textbooks are not playing
the role of a connector in the society and openly promote extremism, fanaticism
and intolerance against the minority religions particularly Christianity, Hindu
religion and Sikh religion. The faith/s of the students of religious minorities
is/are at risk due to the violation of Article 22 (1) of the Constitution of
Pakistan in the present textbooks.
In such a terrible situation PMTA feels pleasure to share
with you some of the positive changes in the textbooks and the educational
environment of Pakistan. Role of minorities in the creation of Pakistan and
Role of minorities in Pakistan have become the part of the textbooks. These
changes have been the result of constant efforts. Though these are minor
changes but it is expected that Pakistan being the member of the United Nations
Organization shall fulfil all her responsibilities and make the assurance and
implementation of the fundamental human rights to all citizens of Pakistan
irrespective of religion or race as guaranteed in the Constitution of Pakistan
and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
PMTA is making efforts to abolish all sorts of
discriminations from the Pakistani educational system and to make this land
according to the vision of the founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali
Jinnah that he presented in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on August 11,
1947.
Pakistan Minorities Teachers’ Association highly
appreciates the role of civil society, religious leaders, minority politicians,
journalists, electronic and print media and all the individuals and groups for
being the voice of the voiceless.
In the end I am thankful to my family for providing all
the support for the preparation of this document.
ANJUM JAMES PAUL
Chairman
Pakistan
Minorities Teachers’ Association
INTRODUCTION
OF PAKISTAN MINORITIES TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION
BACKGROUND:
Our beloved country Pakistan came into existence on
August 14, 1947. Pakistani minorities have equally played marvellous role in
the Pakistan Movement. Christian members of the Punjab Assembly played their
decisive role in the division of Punjab otherwise situation could be entirely
different regarding Punjab. In the same way role of Joginder Nath Mandal cannot
be denied in the Pakistan Movement. Pakistani religious minorities have always
played a great role for the prosperity of Pakistan.
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan in his
presidential address to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on August 11, 1947
said, “We are starting in the days when there is no discrimination, no
distinction between one community and another, no discrimination between one
caste or creed and another. We are starting with this fundamental principle
that we are all citizens and equal citizens of one State.”
Pakistani minorities are facing so many challenges in
their own country. They are being treated against the ideology of the Father of
the Nation. The minority students are going through persecution and
discrimination in the education system of Pakistan. Biased Education policies,
biased curriculum and biased textbooks are developed and implemented against
the religious minorities. Federal and provincial governments have always
adopted a biased and discriminatory attitude regarding the faith matters of the
minority students. National Education Policies, National Curriculum and
textbooks are openly violating Article 22 (1) of the Constitution of Pakistan
that clearly guarantees, “No person attending any educational institution shall be required to
receive religious instruction, or take part in any religious ceremony, or
attend religious worship, if such instruction, ceremony or worship relates to a
religion other than his own.” In the same manner Article 25 (1) of the Constitution
of Pakistan guarantees, “All citizens are equal before law and are entitled to
equal protection of law.”
It is so sad that the
violation of the Constitution of Pakistan by the concerned quarters has caused
unrest and sense of insecurity in the religious minorities of Pakistan. They
are forcibly taught the beliefs through the textbooks which they do not follow.
Pakistani textbooks draw the attention of the minority students to convert
their religion/s. There are biases and criticism against their beliefs, the
Holy Books, worship places, personalities and rituals and rites. These
textbooks instigate the students against the religious minorities.
Foundation:
Pakistan Minorities Teachers’ Association (PMTA) was
founded on August 28, 2004.
Mission Statement:
·
To make Pakistan a state where people will
not be judged by their faiths but by the content of equality.
Objectives:
·
To make effort for the unbiased National
Education Policy, unbiased curriculum and unbiased textbooks.
·
To make effort for the promotion of national
integrity and cohesion through textbooks.
·
To make effort for inclusion of contents like
human dignity, respect for humanity, respect for religions, peaceful
co-existence, human rights, tolerance, acceptance, social justice, social harmony
and interfaith harmony in the textbooks.
·
To remove all sorts of hate based material
from the present Pakistani textbooks against the religious minorities that
segregate them from the mainstream line and promote intolerance and violence in
the society like desecration of the Holy Books, desecration of the worship
places, propagation against the beliefs and believers, loss of lives , properties
and biases against the personalities.
·
To promote healthy and friendly environment
in the educational institutions where students of all faiths be treated and
respected equally.
·
To make effort for equal opportunities to
receive education for all students without any discriminatory.
·
To make effort for the 20 privileged marks
for the minority students as it is in the case of Muslim students who memorize the
Holy Quran by heart.
·
To make effort for the subject of ‘Religion’
for the minority students whose constitutional fundamental right is being
violated as guaranteed in the Article 22 (1) and Article 25 (1) of the
constitution of Pakistan whereas Muslim students are exercising their
fundamental right and they opt the subject of Islamic Studies from grade I to university
level but the minority students are deprived of their right.
·
To make effort for the denationalization of
all the educational institutions which were nationalized in 1972 as the
nationalizations of schools and colleges has caused severe damages to the
educational, social, economic, political, religious and cultural identity of
the religious minorities.
There
is utmost need to adopt the ideology of the Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
that he presented to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on August 11, 1947.
The ideology of Quaid-e-Azam is a blue print but unfortunately the governments
in Pakistan have not acted upon the ideology of the Quaid-e-Azam. Pakistan
Minorities Teachers’ Association supports the ideology of the Quaid because
only this ideology can resolve all the problems of Pakistan which are causing
threat to its foundations. Some of the extracts of this ideology are presented
here which can make Pakistan a role model state in the comity of nations.
“The first duty of a government is to maintain law and order, so that
the life, property and religious beliefs of its subjects are fully protected by
the State.”
“If you change your past and work together in a spirit that everyone of
you, no matter to what community he belongs, no matter what relations he had
with you in the past, no matter what is his color, caste or creed, is first,
second and last a citizen of this State with equal rights, privileges and
obligations, there will be no end to the progress you will make.”
“You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to
your mosques or to any other place of worship in this State of Pakistan. You
may belong to any religion or caste or creed – that has nothing to do with the
business of the State.”
“Now, I
think we should keep that in front of us as our ideal and you will find that in
course of time Hindus would cease to be Hindus and Muslims would cease to be
Muslims, not in the religious sense, because that is the personal faith of each
individual, but in the political sense as citizens of the State.”
PMTA
is constantly struggling to make Pakistan accordingly to the ideology of its
founder that was presented before the creation of Pakistan on August 11, 1947.
Let us all be united to make our homeland Pakistan as one of the best nations.
RESERVATIONS
1.
Pakistani
textbooks violate Article 22 (1) of the Constitution of Pakistan that
guarantees ‘No
person attending any educational institution shall be required to receive
religious instruction, or take part in any religious ceremony, or attend
religious worship, if such instruction, ceremony or worship relates to a
religion other than his own’. Only the
students of the religious minorities are deprived of studying their own
religion which is violation of the Article 25 (1) of the Constitution of
Pakistan that guarantees ‘All citizens are equal before law and are entitled to
equal protection of law.’ The concept of majority and minority on the basis of
religion cannot be appreciated. Flag of any nation is a symbol of unity and
integrity. A flag is a connector of all the citizens of a nation and all citizens
are equal under the national flag of a nation but unfortunately the flag of
Pakistan is a divider because it separates the citizens of Pakistan on the
basis of religion as majority and minority. Due to this, Pakistani citizens are
in superiority complex and inferiority complex and all citizens are not equal
due to the violation of Article 25 (1) of the Constitution of Pakistan.
A few examples from
the Pakistani textbooks are presented representing the National Book Foundation
Islamabad, Punjab
Textbook Board Lahore, Sindh Textbook Board Jamshoro, Balochistan Textbook
Board Quetta and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Textbook Board Peshawar which clearly indicate that the citizens of Pakistan are
divided on the basis of religion and on the basis of majority and minority.
DIVIDING PAKISTANI NATION ON THE BASIS OF
RELIGION
ENGLISH
GRADE -V
First Edition 2014
First Print 2014
Code STE-514
Publisher:
National Book Foundation Islamabad
(Unit:
1, PLAG OF PAKISTAN, P 1, lines 1-5)
Our country, Pakistan has also got a flag having white stripe at the
mast and dark green centre with white crescent and five-rayed star. Crescent,
star and green colour are traditional symbols of Islam and therefore, the flag
truly depicts the existence of Pakistan as an Islamic state.
General Knowledge 2
Date of
Printing Edition Impression
March 2013 Ist 2nd
Prepared & Published by:
G.F.H. Publishers, Lahore
(Unit 4: Our National Flag, P, lines 12-13)
Dark green on our flag is the symbolic Islamic colour.
English Reader
For Class III
Code No.
BP/A-4/45(O)
Publisher: Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa Textbook Board Peshawar
(UNIT
8 Our National Flag, P 85, lines 4-7)
The national flag of Pakistan is green and
white. It has a crescent and star at its centre. The green colour stands for
the Muslims. The White colour stands for the minorities.
English 5
Year Edition
2014 Ist
Code No. E.5/324
Balochistan Textbook Board, Quetta
(Unit
No: 9, Our Flag, P 34, lines 9-12)
The flag comprises a dark green field representing
Muslims with a vertical white stripe on the left side of it representing
non-Muslim Minorities.
MY
ENGLISH BOOK
5
Edition Month & Year of Publication
First Mar- 2014
Publisher: Sindh Textbook
Board, Jamshoro
(Unit 5, 5.5 Our National Flag, P 87, lines
3-6)
The white in our flag represents minority,
And the green shows peace and prosperity.
The crescent symbolizes Islamic grace,
And the star sparkles spiritual progress
2.
Only the Muslim students of grade I to grade XI-XII study the beliefs of
their own religion while the minority students are deprived of receiving their
religious education. Though there are some textbooks in the subject of Ethics
but those textbooks have not been developed by the educationists from the
minorities. The dominant religion of Pakistan is even dominant in the subject
of Ethics while these textbooks are only for the minority students. There are
threats only to the beliefs of the
majority students that’s why they have
to study only their religion and the minority students are even bound to study
the beliefs and teachings of the dominant religion.
A student who studies the subject of Ethics
is confused as he or she has to study the teachings of nine religions from
grade-III to grade XI-XII. A brief analysis of the contents of Ethics-III and
Islamic Education III is presented and one can easily differentiate who are
exercising their fundamental constitutional human right and who are deprived of
this right.
The contents of the National Curriculum
Ethics for Non-Muslims 2007 , Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Education,
Islamabad, grade –III .
Unit –I
Introduction to Religions:
Brief introduction to primitive Religions:
Nature Worship
§
Sky gods
§
Earth gods
§
Mythologies (Greek, Babylonian, Egyptian)
Brief introduction to primitive Religions:
Animism and magic
§
Totemism
§
Fables & Myths
Unit-II
Introduction
to Religious Ethics:
§
Importance of moral values
§
Relation between religion and ethics
Ethical Values:
Importance of life:
§
Respect for Human Life
§
Respect for the Life on Earth (animals, plants)
§
Plant Life
Respect for Humans:
§
All human beings are born equal
§
Respect for all people irrespective of race, gender, social status,
profession and religion
Self Respect:
§
Maintain ones own dignity as human being with the sense of equality and
justice.
Education:
§
Importance of knowledge and its impact on character
Health:
§
Looking after oneself
§
Cleanliness and hygiene
§
Keeping environment clean
Unit-III
Personalities:
Prophet
Abraham:
§
Life & Travelling
§
Strong believer in God
§
Uprightness
§
Sacrifice (Eldest Son)
(Note) Christians have reservations on the content
of Sacrifice (Eldest Son) as they have different belief on this content.
Contents of Islamic Education for grade-III;
Date of Publication Edition Impression
March 2014 First
Second
Publisher: Urdu Book Stall, Lahore
(Note)The textbook has been published in Urdu
language with the approval and no objection certificate of the Punjab Curriculum
Authority.
Chapter 1
Holy Quran
·
Nazra Quran
·
Hifaz-e- Quran
Chapter 2
Beliefs and Prayers
(A)
·
Oneness
·
Prophethood
·
The Day of Judgement
(B)
·
Introduction of the Holy Quran
·
Manners of the recitation of the
Holy Quran
(C)
·
Prayer
·
Timings of Prayer
·
Manners of Prayer
·
Introduction and importance of Kaa’ba
·
Significance and importance of Mosque
Chapter
3 Life of the Holy Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ والہٖ وسلم
·
Bringing up by Hazrat Abu Talib
·
Journey to Syria
·
Halaf-ul-Fazool
·
Marriage with Hazrat Khadeja رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنھا
·
Installation of Hijr-e-Aswad
·
Seclusion in the Cave Hira
(B)
·
Truthfulness of Hazrat Muhammad صلی اللہ علیہ والہٖ وسلم
·
Honesty of Hazrat Muhammad صلی اللہ علیہ والہٖ وسلم
·
Fair Dealings
(C)
·
In the light of the life of Hazrat Muhammad صلی اللہ علیہ والہٖ وسلم
·
Tolerance
·
Patience
·
Fair Socialization
Chapter 4 Ethics and Manners
Chapter 5 Sources
of Guidance/ Islamic Heroes
·
Hazrat Abraham علیہ السلام
·
Hazrat Abu Bakar رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ
National Book Foundation Islamabad has
published only one book of grade IV in the subject of Ethics in seven years.
This shows the efficiency of a federal institution and what can be expected
from the provincial textbooks of Pakistan. There is promotion of sectarianism only
in the textbooks of Ethics which is the violation of the guidelines of the
National Curriculum 2007 while this is not the situation in the textbooks that
majority students study. Controversial contents have been developed in the
textbooks of Ethics and the students are confused as they study the beliefs
which they do not practice. The students of the minority students are unable to
follow their respective religions as they are studying various religions which
they do not follow. Students of grade- III do not have capability to have comparison
of religions. Missionary educational institutions provide the facility of the
subject of Islamic Studies along with the
Muslim teacher but the education department has not fulfilled her
constitutional responsibility and has failed to provide the facility of the
subject of ‘Religion’ and ‘teacher’ to the students of all religions that exist
in Pakistan. The deliberate discriminatory negligence from the ministry of
education must be condemned.
3.
Present Pakistani textbooks are promoting violence, biases,
discrimination, disharmony and intolerance against the minority religions.
There are contents on Muslim-Christian violence, Muslim-Hindu violence and
Muslim-Sikh violence in the textbooks. National Book Foundation Islamabad,
Punjab Textbook Board Lahore, Sindh Textbook Board Jamshoro, Balochistan
Textbook Board Quetta and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Textbook Board Peshawar are
promoting violence on the basis of religion in the textbooks. Culture of
intolerance is on its peak and the developers of the curriculum, textbooks and
the implementing authorities are held responsible for this all because there
are biases against the religious minorities in the curriculum and textbooks.
The textbooks provoke the sentiments of the students and reading the same
contents at various classes which promote extremism and fanaticism in the
innocent minds of the students. The seeds of hatred in the textbooks are a
threat to the entire nation. These textbooks are misleading the students and
incidents like Gojra, Korian, Shanti Nagar, Sangla Hill, Bahmni Wala, Kot Radha
Kishan, Bahawalpur, Taxila, Toba Tek Singh, Islamabad, Sukkar, Hyderabad,
Multan, Lahore, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Rahim Yar Khan, Umer Kot, Dhoro Naro,
Ghulam Nabi Shah, Kharoro, Mithi, Kunri, Tando Allah Yar, Jacobabad, Badin,
Dadu, Sanghar, Nawab Shah, Larkana, Mirpur Khas and Charsada take place. In
such tragic incidents there is not only the desecration of the Holy Bibles,
Geeta, Guru Granth Sahib, Churches and Temples etc but they are burnt to ashes
as well.
Religious minorities are insecure and they
are not protected which is the violation of the Constitution of Pakistan. They
are harassed, threatened and kidnapped. There are forcible conversions and
forced marriages. Young girls and women are the easy target of kidnapping, forcibly
conversion and marriages. Seeking justice has become a challenge for them as
they are from the marginalized, oppressed and suppressed communities. There is
desecration of their marriages. They are put to death. There are extra judicial
killings and even they are insecure behind the bars and lose their lives. Fake
cases are registered against them. The innocent religious minorities are burnt
alive such as in the tragic incidents of Gojra, Ahmedpur Sharqia and Kot Radha
Kishan. They have to face discriminatory laws.
Their properties and houses are illegally occupied and they are burnt to
ashes as they are fragile and unable to find justice. There is desecration of
their dead bodies and their graveyards. They do not get equal opportunities to
improve their social, economic and political conditions. Pakistani textbooks
have failed to create and promote the culture of peaceful co-existence,
understanding, social harmony, interfaith harmony, peace, acceptance, tolerance,
human dignity, human rights, equality and social justice. Some of the examples
from the present textbooks are presented here and one can easily understand
what is being produced from these textbooks.
DESECRATION OF THE WORSHIP PLACES
Textbook of
HISTORY
6
Second Edition 2013
ISBN 978-969-37-05567-6
Publisher: National Book Foundation Islamabad
(Chapter No.3, MUSLIMS IN SOUTH ASIA-I P 55, lines 3-9)
Debal: Muhammad bin Qasim reached Debal in the
autumn of 711 A.D. He besieged the town which was strongly fortified. There was
a large temple in the centre of the city with a red flag waving over it. The
Muslims pulled down the flag by hurling stones on it with the help of catapult.
Upon this, the Hindus were thoroughly demoralised and in the fight that
followed, the Hindus were routed and the city fell to the Muslims.
History 6
Year of
Publication Edition Impression
Jan.2013 Ist Ist
Published by:
Kitabistan Publishing Company
38- Urdu Bazar,
Lahore
(Chapter No.3 Muslims in South Asia-i P 34, lines 16-26)
Inspite of small force, he always used to
return to his country after the conquest. Somnath was a famous sacred temple of
the Hindus. Hindus believed that who would attack Somnath, himself will
annihilated. When Muhmood Ghaznavi came to know of, he attacked Somnath and
conquered it. This temple had countless treasures. The figures of gods were
studded with the jewels of diamonds, with pearls, gold and silver. Various
Rajas of Northern India with their great forces came to protect this temple but
failed. The worshippers offered huge wealth of rubbies so that the idols of
Somnath might not broken but Sultan replied, “I am breaker of idols and not the
seller of idols”.
LETTING DOWN THE HOLY
BOOKS OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES
ENGLISH
GRADE -IV
2nd
Edition 2014
Code No. STE-502
Publisher:
National Book Foundation Islamabad
(Unit 2, P 13, lines 12-20)
Some Prophets were given Holy Books by the
Almighty. The Prophets were sent for certain times and for certain areas. The
Prophets educated the people. When a Prophet passed away, people again went to
evil ways. They even alerted the Holy Books their Prophets had given them. Then
Allah Almighty sent the next Prophet.
TEACHING CHRISTIAN
BELIEFS IN A DIFFERENT WAY
General Knowledge 2
Date of
Printing Edition Impression
March 2013 Ist 2nd
Prepared &
Published by: G.F.H. Publishers, Lahore
(Unit
21, Developing A Good Character, P 127, lines 8-11)
Some vicious persons among his people
imprisoned him in a house and planned to murder him but Allah Almighty lifted
him to the sky alive. He علیہ السلام will revisit the world and preach the people the religion of
Allah Almighty.
LETTING DOWN THE HINDU RELIGION
Social Studies 4
Date of
Printing Edition Impression
Jan.2014 Ist 2nd
Publisher: Gohar Publishers, 11-Urdu Bazar
Lahore
(Chapter 2, HISTORY: THE WAY WE WERE, P 28, lines
6-13)
His father’s name
was Mehta Kalu who was Hindu by caste. Baba Guru Nanak was not impressed by the
teachings of the Hinduism. He founded a new religion Sikhism. The teachings of
baba Guru Nanak are found in “Guru Granth Sahib”. It is the holy book of
Sikhism.
Note: Please write;
1.
Hindu
2.
Hindu religion
3.
Sikh religion
4. Baba Guru Nanak
BIASES AGAINST CHRISTIANS
EVERYDAY ENGLISH
7
For Class VII
Edition Month &
Year of Publication
First
January- 2014
Publisher: Sindh Textbook Board, Jamshoro
(LESSON
2 TARIQ BIN ZIAD A KIND RULER P 52, lines 15-23)
Read the passage and give a suitable title.
Under the command of Tariq Bin Ziad, the
Muslims had won the battle. The Christians had lost heart. As the Muslims
marched through Spain, city after city opened its gates to them. Within two
years the whole of Spain came under the Muslim rule. The Muslims ruled for 800
years. The Muslims brought their culture and learning to the European land.
Thus, the dark age of Europe came to an end because of Islamic civilization and
culture.
Title________________________
BIASES AGAINST HINDUS
HISTORY
Grade-VII
Second Edition 2014
Code STE-505
Publisher: National
Book Foundation Islamabad
(Chapter:
2, Mughal Empire Consolidation, P 26,
lines 29-30)
He insisted that the Shari’a become the law
of the land. The Hindu majority, known to be living according to the Hindu law,
had to face Islamic law courts.
Note: The
statement is about Aurangezeb
BIASES AGAINST SIKHS
HISTORY
Grade-VII
Second Edition 2014
Code STE-505
Publisher: National Book Foundation
Islamabad
(Chapter:
2, Mughal Empire Consolidation, P 27,
lines 3-4)
In 1675, Aurangzeb publicly executed the
ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji.
BIASES AGAINST ONLY BRITISH PREACHERS
History 7
Date of Printing
March 2013
Publisher: Al- Faisal Nashran,
Ghazni Street Urdu Bazar, Lahore
(CHAPTER 5, MUGHAL EMPIRE: ASCENDANCY OF THE
BRITISH, P 129, lines 15-17)
Muslims and Hindus were annoyed by
interference of the British in their faith matters. British preachers also
showed non-respectful attitude for sacred personalities of other religions.
COMPARISON AMONG RELIGIONS
Textbook of
HISTORY
6
Second Edition 2013
ISBN 978-969-37-05567-6
Publisher: National Book Foundation Islamabad
(Chapter 2 THE ARYAN ERA P 49, line 15)
Explain how Buddhism and Jainism differ from
Hinduism.
WRONG INFORMATION
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Grade-I
Fifth Print 2014
Code No. STE-488
Publisher:
National Book Foundation
Islamabad
(Chapter 22 THE HOLY BOOKS, THE HOLY BOOKS, P 84)
We respect all the Holy Books.
Match up
Prophet Dawood (A.S) QURAN
Prophet Musa (A.S) ZABUR
Prophet Isa (A.S) TORAH
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) BIBLE
Note: The Holy Bible consists on the Old Testament
and the New Testament. Torah and Psalms (Zaboor) are in the Old Testament while
the Holy Gospel is in the New Testament.
PROMOTING RELIGIOUS IDENTITY OF ONLY ONE RELIGION
ENGLISH
GRADE -IV
2nd
Edition 2014
Code No. STE-502
Publisher:
National Book Foundation Islamabad
(Unit 02, The Prophets السلام علیھم, P 19)
C.
Oral Communication
1. Speak the dialogue with each other.
Hi! Ahmad
You should say Assalam-o-Alaikum not hi.
Why?
It is an Islamic style and good wish
What does Assalam-o-Alaikum mean?
It means Allah bless you.
Alright, Now I shall say Assalam-o-Alaikum.
Good!
PROMOTING DIGNITY OF THE FOLLOWERS OF ONLY
ONE RELIGION
Textbook of
HISTORY
6
Second Edition 2013
ISBN 978-969-37-05567-6
Publisher: National Book Foundation Islamabad
(Chapter No.3, MUSLIMS IN SOUTH ASIA-I, P 55, lines 13-15)
Dahir had a powerful army which contained
several war elephants. A furious battle ensued in which Dahir was defeated and
slain. The Muslims occupied the fortress.
INSTIGATING
STUDENTS TO MUSLIM- HINDU VIOLENCE
History 6
Year of Publication Edition Impression
Jan.2013 Ist Ist
Published by: Kitabistan
Publishing Company
38- Urdu Bazar, Lahore
(Chapter
No.3 Muslims in South Asia-i P 44,
lines 17-19)
PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES
Students present in the class, the conversation between
Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi and worshippers of Somnath.
INSTIGATING
STUDENTS TO MUSLIM -CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE
EVERYDAY ENGLISH 7
For Class VII
Edition Month
& Year of Publication
First January- 2014
Publisher: Sindh Textbook Board, Jamshoro
(UNIT 8 TARIQ BIN ZIAD, LESSON 3 REVIEW, P 56, lines 1-5)
You play role of Tariq Bin Ziad as a general.
Your friends in a group will act as Muslim soldiers. One of them will play the
role of Christian King Roderick. Present your play to the class. You can bring
suitable dresses and artificial equipment for the drama.
INSTIGATING STUDENTS TO MUSLIM- SIKH
VIOLENCE
History 7
Date of Printing
March 2013
Publisher: Al- Faisal Nashran,
Ghazni Street Urdu Bazar, Lahore
(CHAPTER: 5, MUGHAL EMPIRE: ASCENDANCY OF THE
BRITISH, P 125, lines 1-4)
At that time Punjab and NWFP (KPK) were ruled
by Sikhs who became a nuisance for Muslim community. Syed Ahmad Shaheed
resolved to take sword against them.
4.
All the students
are considered as the followers of only one religion in the textbooks. Though
Pakistan is a multi religious and a pluralist country but it is a sorrowful
state that the Pakistani textbooks degrade the Holy Books, places of worships,
religious personalities and followers of the minority religions especially in
the subjects of social sciences and languages. There is the use of derogatory
language against the minority religions but the minority students are bound to
study such textbooks as they are compulsory and they do not have any other
option. The students are confused and they are ill treated in the classes as
there are biases against them in the textbooks and students act what they
study. That’s why they have to face discriminatory attitude not only in the
educational institutions but outside that environment. Some examples from the
present textbooks are presented below:
CONSIDERING ALL STUDENTS OF ONE RELIGION
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Grade-II
Third Print 2014
Code STE-495
Publisher: National
Book Foundation Islamabad
(Lesson 2 Our
Country, P 7, lines 1-4)
Pakistan
The name of our country is Islamic Republic
of Pakistan.
Pakistan came into being on 14th
August 1947.
Islam is our
religion.
English 1
Year Edition
2014 Ist
Code No. E-I/329/NP-2006
Balochistan Textbook Board,
Quetta
(Unit 11 Animals are Useful, P 114, lines 2-3)
We celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr at the end of the
holy month of Ramzan,
ENGLISH
For
GRADE -III
3rd
Print 2014
Code No. STE-499
Publisher:
National Book Foundation Islamabad
(UNIT:
12, Eid-ul-Fitr, P 99, lines 1-3)
Pre-reading
1.
Do you fast in the month of Ramadan?
2.
Which is your favourite festival?
5.
The students of the minority religions are invited to convert their
religion/s through the textbooks which is the violation of Article 18 of the Constitution
of Pakistan. Due to this, the minority students have to go through persecution
and sometimes they have to say goodbye to their education. Some example from
the textbooks which are being used by the Pakistani students are presented
here:
General Knowledge
Class-I
Code No.
BP/G-O/45(O)
Publisher: Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa Textbook Board Peshawar
(Chapter
1 Our Allah, P 3, lines 10-13)
Activity
All children
should memorize the Kalima-e- Tayyiba, Tawuz اعوذ
باللہ من الشیطن الرجیم and
Tasmiya بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم and recite these to their teacher.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Grade-II
Third Print 2014
Code STE-495
Publisher:
National Book Foundation Islamabad
(Lesson 1, Blessings/ Bounties of Allah Almighty, P 6, lines 6-8)
Q.3. Choose the best answer.
!. What do we say before we start doing a work?
(a)
Alhamd-o-Lillah (b) Bismillah (c)
Masha- Allah
6.
Students of the minority religions have to face discriminatory attitude
of the teachers in the practical of Home Economics as their cooking is not
tasted due to the difference of religion.
7.
The environment of the educational institutions is not very healthy and
friendly for the minority students. The educational institutions have not
promoted interfaith harmony and social harmony. The minority students attend
assembly but they do not hear any positive thing about their respective
religions.
8. The minority students are facing the
challenges in pronouncing Islamic names and terms. Due to this, their lives are
always at risk. Many students have already gone through sufferings.
Nationalization of the missionary schools and colleges has caused serious
damages especially to the Christian students. This was a deliberate attempt to
keep the minority students backward to receive religious and general education.
Still there are many schools and colleges which have not yet been returned to
their owners.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Grade-II
Third Print
2014
Code
STE-495
Publisher: National Book Foundation Islamabad
(Lesson 1 Blessing/ Bounties of Allah
Almighty, P 4)
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم اسلام علیکم وعلیکم السلام
الحمد للہ ان شاءَاللہ ماشاءَ اللہ
We say “Assalam-o- Alaikum اسلام علیکم”
when we meet someone
and in answer we say “Wa-Alaikum-us-Salam وعلیکم السلام “
We say Bismillah بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم when we start some work.
Say “Al-Hamdo-Lillah” (الحمد للہ) after eating and drinking, and when we get some blessing from
Almighty Allah.
When you intend to do some work say “Insha-
Allah” (ان شاءَاللہ) which means, if
Almighty Allah wills.
When something good happens say “Masha-Allah”! (ماشاءَ اللہ)
When you sneeze, say “Alhamdo-Lillah”! (الحمد للہ)
If some other person sneezes say ‘Yarhamokallah”! (یرحمک اللہ)
9.
The minority students have not been provided privilege of 20 marks such
as NAZRA (memorizing the Holy Quran by heart). Besides this Hafiz Quran have
full fee concession on getting admission in colleges. Due to this deprivation
sometimes many minority students are unable to get admission in higher
education.
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Curriculum
must be value based and need based.
2. Biased material against all the
religions must be removed immediately from all the textbooks. There must be
promotion of healthy and friendly environment in the textbooks and the
educational institutions.
3. The religious instructions, teachings
and heroes of a particular religion must be included only in the subject of
‘Religion’. In the same way pronouns
like ‘I, we, us and our’ must be used only in the subject of ‘Religion’ when
using particularly in the sense of any religion. These pronouns when used, must
invite the attention of the students of that particular religion to avoid the
violation of Article 22 (1) of the Constitution of Pakistan. There must be
respect of the followers of all religions.
4. The subject of ‘Religion’ should be
compulsory for all the students or for none.
If subject
of ‘Religion’ is compulsory for one religion then according to the Constitution
of Pakistan all students must be treated equally and without any
discrimination.
5. All the nationalized schools and
colleges in the provinces of Punjab and Sindh must be denationalized
immediately and handed over to the owners which were nationalized in 1972. It
is also demanded to the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa not to interfere in the
administrative affairs of the Edwards College Peshawar and its administrative
position may be restored according to the constitution of the Edwards College
Peshawar.
6. 20 privileged marks on receiving
religious education must be awarded to the minority students as well who have
certificates from any religious institutions.
7. Article 20 (a) of the Constitution of Pakistan must be
observed during assembly that guarantees, “Every citizen shall have the right
to profess, practice and propagate his religion.” There must be teachings on
ethics in the assembly regardless of any religion, sect or creed. The
focus must be on human values, ethics, peace, peaceful co-existence, social
justice, interfaith harmony and social harmony in the assembly because students
of different religions attend it.
8. There must be more lessons on peace,
tolerance, peaceful co-existence, social justice, human rights, social harmony
and interfaith harmony in the curriculum and textbooks.
9. There should be religious freedom to
all students as guaranteed in the Constitution of Pakistan.
10. Word “Masih”, “Masihi” or “Masihiat”
should be used in all written or spoken form instead of “Esa”, “Esai” or
“Esayat” for “Jesus Christ”, “Christian/s” or “Christianity.”
11. While applying for admissions or jobs there
is a column of religion in which it is written Muslim/ non-Muslim. If it is
needed to write religion then there must be simply a column where one can write
one’s religion because non-Muslim is not a religion in any sense. It is better
to remove this column as it divides the nation on the basis of religion.
ACHIEVEMENTS
1. ‘Role of minorities in the creation of Pakistan’ has been
included in the subject of History for grade-VIII, First Edition 2014, Code
521, Publisher: National Book Foundation. In the content the role of minorities
in the Lahore Resolution, the role of Christians at the time of resolution of
Punjab Assembly in the favour of independence of Pakistan and casting vote in
favour of the resolution and requesting the Boundary Commission to include them
among the Muslims during the division of Punjab. The names of the prominent
Hindu , Sikh and Christian leaders of Pakistan Movement like Dewan Bahadur S.P.
Singha, R.A. Gomez, F.E. Chaudhry, Sardar Dilbagh Singh, Jogandar Nath Mandal,
C.E. Gibbon, Fazal Ellahi, Chaudhry Chandu Lal, Sir Joseph Burr, Mr. Paythan
Joseph and Mr. B.G. Harmony are part of the textbook.
Note: This content will be published in all the textbooks of
Pakistan of History-VIII by all the Textbook Boards of Pakistan.
2. ‘Role of minorities in Pakistan’ has been included in the
subject of Pakistan Studies (Compulsory) for grade 10, Edition March 2013,
Publisher: Gohar Publishers, 11- Urdu Bazar, Lahore. The textbook has been
approved by the Punjab Curriculum Authority, Wahdat Road, Lahore. The speech of
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah that he delivered on August 11, 1947 in the
Constituent Assembly of Pakistan along with an interview on minorities has been
included in detail. The role of prominent persons in different fields from the
minorities has been included in the nation building.
Note: This content will be published in all the textbooks of
Pakistan in the subject of Pakistan Studies for grade 10 by all the Textbook
Boards of Pakistan.
3.
There has been representation of the minority educationists in the
development of the National Curriculum 2007 in the subject of Ethics.
4.
Educationists from the religious minorities like Christians, Hindus and
Sikhs are the members of the Provincial Review Committees, Textbook Review
Committees and Subject Wise Technical Evaluation Committees of the Punjab
Curriculum Authority in various subjects.
5.
Topics on human rights, peace, tolerance,
co-existence, patience and service to humanity have been included in the
present National Curriculum and textbooks.
6.
Subject of Ethics (Compulsory) has been introduced for the religious
minority students from grade III to grade XI-XII. Some textbooks in the subject
of Ethics are available in the market and the remaining textbooks are in the
pipelines. Though this is a little change but religious minorities are
constantly demanding for the subject of ‘Religion’ for their children as their
fundamental and constitutional right guaranteed in the Article 22 (1) of the
Constitution of Pakistan but unfortunately this Article is only protecting the
rights of the majority students.
7.
According to the National Educational Policy
2009, provisions shall be made for teaching of the subject of Ethics/ Moral
Education in lieu of Islamiyat to non-Muslim children and subject specific
teachers shall be appointed according to the requirements though there has not
been implementation on it but we are hopeful for the recruitment of minority
educators to coach the minority students as in the case of Islamic Studies.
8. The subject of Arabic is an
optional subject now.
9. There has been a little
improvement in the curriculum and textbooks. The general standard of the
present textbooks is better than the previous ones.
10. Word “Masih”, “Masihi” or
“Masihyiat” is being used now in most of the textbooks and in the electronic
and print media instead of “Esa”, “Esai” or “Esayiat” for Jesus Christ,
Christian/s or Christianity.
11. The Government of the
Punjab had to reverse her orders and the non-Muslim Educators were exempted of
compulsory training of Qirat (recitation) of Holy Quran on August 12, 2009.
12. On the request of PMTA,
Vice Chancellor of Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad relaxed one day off
to the Christian students in the MA/ M.Ed workshop throughout Pakistan on
Easter that was celebrated on April, 12, 2009.
13. Mr.
Muhammad Latif Khosa, former Governor of Punjab, being the chancellor of the
universities of Punjab directed all the Vice Chancellors of the Public Sector
Universities to provide the facility of drinking water in the universities
examinations centres during the month of Ramadan on the demand of the PMTA on
August 4, 2012.
14. Arrangements
were made by the Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education Lahore to
conduct special examinations on the demand of PMTA for the victimized students
of 9th and 10th grade of Joseph Colony Lahore whose
houses were burnt on March 9, 2013.
15. On the telephonic request
of PMTA Chairman Professor Anjum James Paul, the authorities of Allama Iqbal
Open University, Islamabad relaxed Christian students in the MA workshop on
Good Friday and on Easter that was celebrated on March 31, 2013.
16. Academic
staff from the religious minorities has been somehow invited as paper setter.
17. The
curriculum in the subject of Ethics is being developed for the students of the
religious minorities of Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad, Pakistan.
18. There has been allocation
of 5 percent quota for the minorities in the federal and provincial jobs and
there has been somehow recruitment from the religious minorities against this
quota on almost all levels.
19. There has been
denationalization of many missionary schools and colleges in the provinces of
Punjab and Sindh which were nationalized in 1972.
20. Biased message of the
former President of Pakistan General (R) Pervez Musharraf has been totally
removed from all the textbooks in which he had invited the attention of only
Muslim students to acquire knowledge as he said, “The progress and development
of a country depends on the quality of education of its people. It is a
historical fact that the Muslims ruled the world for hundred of years on the
basis of the knowledge acquired by their intellectuals, philosophers and
scientists .The books written by them were of such a high standard that they
served as reference books in the western universities for centuries. As long as
the Muslims acted upon the Hadith, "to acquire knowledge is the duty of
each Muslim male and female.” they ruled the world. Reference English Step 5,
Code No. XLIV/AD, Edition 1st, Impression 19th.This message was on
each and every textbook.
21. Biased part of the appeal
of the former Chairman Punjab Textbook Board, Lahore has been removed “Punjab
Textbook Board is your own organization and has the mandate of providing high
quality but less expensive books, with the approval of Federal Ministry of
Education, Government of Pakistan in accordance with national curricula. These
books project Islamic values, defend ideological boundaries of the country and
help acquaintance with other fields of life.” Reference. English Step 5, Code
No. XLIV/AD, Edition Ist, Impression 19th. This appeal has been published on
each and every book published by the Textbook Board, Lahore.
.
A RAY OF SOCIAL HARMONY IN THE PAKISTANI TEXTBOOKS
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Chapter 5:
STRUGGLE
FOR PAKISTAN
11. Role
of Minorities in the Creation of Pakistan
All India
Muslim League under the able guidance of Quaid-i-Azam promoted an Islamic
system based on justice, fair play and equality. Quaid-i-Azam promised equal
rights for all Hindus, Sikhs, Parsis and Christians even though they would be
a minority in the newly established Muslim state. Therefore, people like Sir
Joseph Burr, member Viceroy’s council. Mr. Paythan Joseph, Editor “Hindustan
Times” and Mr. B.G. Harmony, Editor, “Daily Dawn” newspaper fully supported
the Muslim demand for a separate homeland. In the historic Muslim League
session of Lahore 1940, Speaker Punjab Assembly Dewan Bhadar S.P. Singh, R.A.
Gomes, Fazal Ellahi and F.I. Chaudhry were all present to support the demand
of Pakistan.
In 1942,
at All India Muslim League (Punjab) Convention Lyallpur (Faisalabad), the
welcome was presented by Christian Association. Quaid-i-Azam assured all
minorities that equal status would be given to them. In return Sikh leader
Sardar Dilbagh Singh while representing the minorities, announced his support
for Pakistan. At the time of resolution of Punjab Assembly in the favour of
independence of Pakistan. Sardar Bhadar Singh (C hristian) Speaker Punjab Assembly
casted his vote in favour of the resolution. The Christians, C.E. Gibbon,
Fazal Ellahi, Dewan Bhadar S.P.Singh requested the Boundary Commission to
group them with the Muslims. Chaudhry Chandu Lal had visited Gurdaspur and
Pathankot to propagate the campaign for the creation of Pakistan. Jogander
Nath Mandal and the other untouchables had also requested the Boundary
Commission to include them among the Muslims during the division of Punjab.
The minorities had proved themselves as a great asset of the country through
their remarkable services towards the making of Pakistan.
Note: The correct spellings are under;
Dewan
Bahadur S.P. Singha
F.E.
Chaudhry
(Christian)
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v. Give
two famous names from amongst the minorities who supported the idea of
Pakistan.
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v. The
Speaker of Punjab Assembly ______________________
(a) Sir
Joseph Burr (b) R.A. Gomes
(c) Sardar
Dilbagh Singh (d) Dewan Bhadar
S.P.Singh
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Jinnah’s vision was not at all supported by Hindus, Sikhs, Parsis, Jews and
Christians. (True/False)
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Chapter 8
Population,
Society and Culture of Pakistan
Role of
Minorities in Pakistan
The rights
of the minorities have been fully protected in the 1973 constitution of
Pakistan. According to the constitution, they have full rights. They have
complete liberty to worship according to their religious, perform customs,
transmit and publish their religious principles and set up their own
religious organizations. They have been given separate representation in
Pakistan’s constitution. The government abolished the separate system of
elections and put into practice the mixed system of elections. In this way,
the long awaited demand of the minorities was fulfilled. In the National
Assembly ten seats have been reserved for the minorities; in the Punjab
Assembly 8, Sindh Assembly 9, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Assembly 11 and Balochistan
Assembly 3 seats have been reserved. In our federal and provincial cabinets,
mostly a non-Muslim minister is included. In the economic field too, citizens
are given equal opportunities so that they can improve their financial
conditions.
To obtain
government employment, the minorities have the same rights as the Muslims.
The constitution of Pakistan provides equal political, economic and social
rights to all citizens because of which good citizenship is promoted. The
minorities living in Pakistan should be aware of their rights and
responsibilities. It is their responsibility to be faithful to their country.
Rising above all kinds of prejudices, they must elect a people’s
representative who should work for the country’s stability.
Status of
the minorities in the light of the Quaid-e-Azam’s رحمۃ اللہ علیہ speech on 11th August,1947
On 11th
August 1947 the Quaid-e-Azam رحمۃ اللہ علیہ while making a speech
regarding the place of minorities said:
After the
partition of India, for minorities to be in one state or the other was
inevitable. Every one of you whether the first, second or last citizen of
this state has equal rights, privileges, and obligations. No matter what
relations he had with you in the past, no matter what is his colour, caste
and creed, no matter what community he belongs there will be no end to the
progress you make. In this state of Pakistan you are free. Go to your
temples, mosques or other places of worship. The running of the state has
nothing to do with the religion, caste, creed or faith you belong to.
As you
know with regard to history, some time ago, the conditions in England were
worse than what exists in today’s India. Roman Catholics and Protestants
committed atrocities against one another. Even today, there are countries
where a specific sect faces discrimination and restrictions are imposed on
its members. By the grace of Allah, we are starting our journey in such
conditions and in an age where such discrimination is not encouraged. No
distinction is made between different castes and faiths. We are taking a
start with this basic principle that we are equal citizens of our state.
A
journalist asked the Quaid-e-Azam (رحمۃ اللہ علیہ) “Can you give a
brief statement, as the governor general, about the problems of minorities?”
The Quaid-e-Azam
replied: Presently, I am a nominated governor general (Let us assume for a
moment that on 15th August, 1947 I shall actually be the governor general of
Pakistan).
After this
assumption, let me tell you that the minorities will be protected. No matter
which faith they belong to. Their religion and faith will be safe in their
freedom to worship, There will be no interference in their freedom to
worship. Their religions, faiths, their life and their culture will be
secure. Without any discrimination of caste and creed and faith, in all
respects, they shall be citizens of Pakistan. They will be provided with
rights and privileges. Minorities will play their role in the affairs of the
state as long as they are faithful and well- wishers of the state in the true
sense. As long as I have power, they should not have any doubts. I expect
that the Muslims in India will receive the same kind of fair treatment that
we intend to give the non- Muslim minorities.
The
minorities have always tried to perform prominently in all the fields. In the
field of law, the name of Justice AR Cornelius does not need any
introduction. He has rendered invaluable services. He had experience in
Shariah and Fiqa. He was the chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He played a
major role in compiling the 1973 constitution. Justice Badi-uz- Zaman Kakaos
had great knowledge of the Quran and Sunnah. He remained the judge of the
Supreme Court for eight years. Justice (Retd) Rana Bhagwan Das was a judge in
the Supreme Court too. Doctor Abdus Salam rendered important services in
Physics.
Group
Captain Eric Gardenhall, Wing Commander Nazeer Latif, Wing Commander Marvin
Middlecoat, Squadron Leader Peter Christie and Flight Lieutenant William, D.
Harrow Leigh received high civil and military awards for their excellent
performances. Harcharan Singh was the first Sikh officer to be included in
the Pakistan Army.
In the
field of health, Doctor Ruth Ffau worked for the leprosy patients till her
death. Doctor Drago of Mirpurkhas was especially famous for treating poor
patients. He received the Presidential Award too.
In the
field of sports, Anil Dalpat, Danish Kaneria and Anthony D’Souza in cricket.
Michael Masih in football, whereas in yachting Behram D. Avari are famous
names.
Note1: Reserved seats in the Khyber
Pukhtunkhwa Assembly for minorities are 3 but not 11.
Note 2: Correct spellings are:
1. Chief Justice
2. Doctor Ruth Fau
3. Danesh Kaneria
4. Anton D'Souza
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Unit
13 My School
We should
behave respectfully with everyone at school.
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Unit
14 Prayer
The
Christians offer their prayers at the church.
The Hindus
perform idol-worship at the temple.
The Sikhs
go to the gurdwaras for worship.
We should
respect the places of worship of all religions.
Note 1: It is needed to have improvement in the above text and
a better shape can be given like this.
Christians
offer prayer in the Church.
Hindus
offer prayer in the Mandir.
Sikhs
offer prayer in the Gurdwara.
Parsees
offer prayer in Agiari.
Buddhists
offer prayer in the Temple.
Bahai’s
offer prayer in the Mashriq-ul-Azkaar.
Note 2: Places of worship must start with the capital letter
as it has been in the case of ‘Mosque’ or ‘Masjid’ on page 56.
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Unit
24 Holy Books
The
Muslims regard all Holy Books as true and believe in them. These Holy Books
teach us the way to lead a good life.
We should
respect all Holy Books.
Note: The statement must be unbiased so it is suggested to
write “We regard all Holy Books as true and believe in them. These Holy Books
teach us the way to lead a good life.
We should
respect all Holy Books.”
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Chapter 10
Our Holy Prophets
Muslim children should recite, darud
sharif, with its translation.
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Chapter 14
Prayers
Prem is a
hindu. he goes to “Mandir” to offer his prayers.
Kharak
Singh is a Sikh. He goes to Gurudwara to offer his prayers.
Joseph is
a Christian. He goes to a Church for prayers.
We should respect
all places of prayers and worship.
Note: Please write;
Prem is a
Hindu. He goes to Mandir to offer his prayers.
Kharak
Singh is a Sikh. He goes to Gurudwara to offer his prayers.
Joseph is
a Christian. He goes to Church for prayers.
We should
respect all places of worship.
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The
Muslims go to offer their prayer at a .............
The
Christians go to offer their prayer at a .............
The Hindus
worship in a.............
The Sikhs
worship in a .............
Note: Please write.
Muslims offer
their prayer in a.............
Christians
offer their prayer in a.............
Hindus
offer their prayer in a.............
Sikhs
offer their prayer in a.............
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Chapter 21
To work Together
There are
number of works which can not be performed alone.
We should
work with others, together in a group.
This makes
the work easier.
To work
together with others brings people closer to each other and creates love
among them.
Allah
likes those people, who help others.
Note: Please write “cannot”.
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Chapter
23 The Holy Books
We must
respect all Holy Books.
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All holy
books tell us to adopt .........manners.
·
We
must...........all holy books.
Note: Please write “Holy Books.”
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Grade-II
Third Print 2014
Code
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Lesson 7
FASTING
AND RAMZAN
People of
the world follow different religions. People of all faiths keep fast but in
different months of the year.
Note: Please write “observe fast” instead of “keep fast.”
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people of other religions also fast but in_____months of the year.
(same,
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people of the world follow only one religion?
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Lesson 8
RELIGIOUS
FESTIVALS
1. Christians celebrate Christmas on the 25th
December as birthday of Hazrat Isa علیہ السلام
Note: Please write “Jesus Christ” according to the Christian
belief.
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2. Hindus celebrate Holi.
3. Sikhs celebrate Baisakhi.
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Lesson 22
RESPECTING
OTHERS AND APPRECIATING THEIR DIVERSITY
Need to
respect all people:
All the
humans are sons of Hazrat Adam علیہ السلام. We live on earth together.
All of us need water, food and shelter to live. But all of us are not alike.
Some are rich, some are poor. Their colours are different. Some are short,
others are tall. We should respect all of them.
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128
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12
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Lesson 23
FORGIVENESS
AND FORGIVING OTHERS
If you
want peace and love, forgive others.
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8
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128
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21
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It is
necessary to forgive others to promote peace and love.
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9
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130
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4-5
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Lesson 24
BEING JUST
AND FAIR
We should
be honest, gentle and kind to others, We should be just to others.
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General Knowledge 2
Date of Printing Edition Impression
March 2013 Ist 2nd
Prepared & Published by: G.F.H.
Publishers, Lahore
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Unit 7
Fasting and Religious festivals
Christians,
Jews and people of other religions also observe fast. Hindus and Budhist
people also fast according to their own ways.
Note: Correct spellings are “Buddhist.”
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Unit 8
Religious and Cultural Festivals
The people
of other religions celebrate Christmas, Easter, Holi, Diwali and Basakhi
according to their religious beliefs and social customs.
Note: It is suggested to write “Christians celebrate
Christmas, Easter, Good Friday and New Year. Hindus celebrate Holi and Diwali
and Sikhs celebrate the birthday of Baba Guru Nanak Dev ji while Basakhi is a
cultural festival which is celebrated by most of the people.”
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Unit 23
Note: there are the pictures of Mosque, Church, Mandir and
Gurudwara but it is needed to add the worship places of Parsees, Buddhists
and Kalash to promote social and interfaith harmony. Baha’is pray in the
Mushriq -ul -izkaar but they pray individually but not in the congregation.
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Grade-III
3rd Printing
2014
Code
STE-492
Publisher: National Book Foundation Islamabad
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1
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89
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5
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Chapter 10
The Role
of the Government and Citizens
·
Respect
for the rights of others.
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97
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8-9
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Chapter 11
Working
out Disagreement
·
Responsible
behaviour can reduce conflicts among people.
·
We must
obey rules and respect the rights of others.
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SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade-IV
First Edition 2014
Code
STE-442
Publisher: National Book Foundation Islamabad
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1
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56
57
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10-31
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Chapter 4
GOVERNMENT:
THE WAY WE GOVERN OURSELVES
Importance
of Civil Rights:
The basic objective of a
state is to provide its citizens their rights and protect them. Government is
also responsible to take steps for a prosperous life of its citizens. A state
cannot progress without providing rights to the citizens. It becomes
difficult to maintain law and order if citizens are deprived of their rights.
Every state is responsible to protect the rights of its people. The citizens
feel secure and work confidently when state gives them their rights.
Rights of
the Citizens:
Every person requires some
basic rights to lead his life smoothly. These are called civic rights.
Following are the basic rights of people.
·
Food, housing, clean water, clothes and rights to use roads.
·
Right of health and cleanliness.
·
Freedom of religion.
·
Right to get education.
·
Freedom of expression.
·
Freedom to cast vote.
·
Security of life and property.
·
Right to buy and sell property.
·
Right to protection of honor.
·
Right to choose profession.
·
Access to justice.
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Note: Chapter 6 “CULTURE: THE WAY WE LIVE TOGATHER” pages 74
to 78 have been developed on the contents on “Peace and Conflict, Definition
of Peace, Conflict and Dispute, Results of Peace Building, Results of
Disputes, Role of Human Character in Peace and Conflict, Ways to build peace
and Solution of disputes” in a good way which will certainly be a source of a
peaceful society.
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Social Studies 4
Dated Edition Impression
March 2013 Ist 2nd
Publisher: Urdu Book Stall Lahore
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1
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111
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13-14
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Chapter 6:
The way we live together
All other
religions give the message of peace too.
Note: There can be
more interfaith harmony if the statement is like “All religions give the
message of peace.”
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Social Studies 5
Date of Printing Edition Impression
March 2013 Ist Ist
Publisher: Gohar Publishers Lahore
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1
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16-25
1-7
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Chapter 5
GOVERNMENT
Note: The material
has been included on the ´Rights of Citizens’ and the ‘Rights of the citizens
in the 1973 constitution.’
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English
Grade 1
Fifth Edition 2014
Code No. STE-472
Publisher: National Book Foundation Islamabad
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1
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21
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9-11
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UNIT 2
The Alphabet
You may explain the X-mas is the short form
of Christmas. You may further explain that Christmas is a festival of the
Christians as Diwali is a festival of the Hindus.
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2
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108
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UNIT 12
I Love Pakistan
Festivals and Greeting Cards
Eid ul Fitr, Eid ul Azha, Eid e Milad un
Nabi have been mentioned in the festivals while Eid Mubarak, Merry Christmas
and Happy Diwali cards have also been mentioned.
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English 1
Date of Printing Edition
March 2013 Ist
Publisher: Carvan Book House Lahore
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113
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2
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Our Country
Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and
Parsees live in Pakistan.
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Textbook of English
For Class-I
Code No. BP/A-2/45(O)
Publisher: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Textbook
Board, Peshawar
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1
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We Want
Peace
Note: ‘We Want Peace’ is written in English, Urdu and Pushto
with the image of a dove with olive branch on the back title page.
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2
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141
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UNIT
19 My Pakistan
Pakistan
is my country.
This is
the flag of Pakistan.
It is
green and white.
I keep it
high.
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4-6
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UNIT
20 Eid
Teacher’s
guideline:
Tell the
students more about Eids and other festivals. Also ask them about their likes
and dislikes on Eid. Tell them about the festivals of the non-muslims also.
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162
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13-15
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UNIT 23
Commands and Instructions
Wish Cards
Teacher’s
guideline:
Ask the the
students to make more cards for different occasion Muslim as well as
non-Muslim festivals such as Eid, Dewali.etc.
Note: Please delete extra “the”.
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English 1
Year Edition
2014 Ist
Code No. E-I/329/NP-2006
Balochistan Textbook Board, Quetta
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1
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109
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1
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Unit 11.
Good Manners
Be gentle
and polite to others. Respect your teachers and elders.
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ENGLISH BOOK
1
Edition
Month & Year of Publication
First April 2014
Publisher Code No. 195
Publisher: Sindh Textbook Board, Jamshoro
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Unit:34.1 My Country
My country
is Pakistan.
I am a
Pakistani.
It has
many fields.
It is a
very beautiful country.
We all
must work hard for the progress of our country.
We must
pray for love and peace in Pakistan.
We love
our country very much.
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English 2
Date of Printing
January 2014
Publisher: CARAVAN BOOK HOUSE LAHORE
Note: This textbook meets the requirements of the guidelines
of the National Curriculum and unbiased as well. The credit goes to the
developer of the textbook who developed the textbook with a professional
approach.
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English 2
Year Edition
2014 Ist
Code No. E-II/332/ (NP-2007) 13
Balochistan Textbook Board, Quetta
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1
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10
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7-8
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Guideline
for teacher: Begin your class with greetings everyday. Sometimes you may
greet by saying Good morning/ Asalam o Alaikum class so that the children
should learn the “greetings”.
Note: Please write “every day”.
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6-9
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Unit 11 Festivals
The Muslims celebrate Eid-ul- Fitr after
the month of Ramadan on the first of Shawal. The Muslims thanks Allah for the
gift of Ramadan. The Muslims offer Eid prayer.
Note: It has been the demand of the PMTA to use the noun
instead of pronoun like I, we and our etc. It is a good thing that the noun
“Muslims” has been used here. We demand that such nouns must be used at all
places.
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English
Grade -III
3rd Print 2014
Code No. STE-499
Publisher: National Book Foundation Islamabad
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5
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4-5
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UNIT: 1
My Family,
Friends and I
I like to
help others. I do not hurt anyone. This makes me a good boy.
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English 3
Year
Edition
2014
Ist
Code No. E-III/348 ( NP-2007) 2014
Balochistan Textbook Board, Quetta
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63
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8-9
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UNIT 7
Eid-ul- Azha
Muslims sacrifice healthy sheep, goats,
cows or camels.
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English Reader
For Class III
Code No. BP/A-4/45(O)
Publisher: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Textbook
Board
Peshawar
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1
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111
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UNIT
11 Eid-ul-Fitr
Eid is a
religious festival. It brings happiness. The Muslims wait for this day the
whole year. Muslim celebrate Eid ul Fitr after the Holy month of Ramazan. It
is a gift for Muslims for fasting in Ramazan. The night before Eid is called
Chand Raat. People congratulate each other and distribute sweets.
People buy
new dresses and shoes for Eid. There is great excitement everywhere. Children
are especially happy because they get eidi. Girls wear bangles and mehndi on
Eid. People go to the mosques to offer Eid prayer. After the prayer, people
embrace each other and say “Eid Mubarak”.
Women stay
at home and cook tasty dishes. People visit their relatives and friends. This
festival continues for three days.
Note 1: The Nouns and pronouns only signify the Muslims.
Note 2: Please write “Muslims” instead of “Muslim”.
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MY
ENGLISH BOOK
4
Edition
Month & Year of Publication
First May 2014
Publisher: Sindh Textbook Board, Jamshoro
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78
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7
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UNIT-5
CHILDREN OF PAKISTAN
Shankar
was the star of them all as he won the 400 metre race.
Note: Shankar is a Hindu player.
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At the
time of returning to their own cities, Bilal, Sher Ali, Khudadad and Shankar
exchanged their addresses and telephone numbers. They promised to keep in
touch with their new friends.
|
English Reader
For Class IV
Code No. BP/A-5/45(O)
Publisher: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Textbook
Board
Peshawar
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UNIT 1 My
Classroom
The names
of festivals are proper noun too.
Eid-ul-Fitr
Christmas
Deepavali
the Spring
festival
Independence
Day
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19
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3-4
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UNIT
2 Pakistan
Pakistan
is our country. It is a beautiful country. Its people are simple and hard
working.
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108
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4
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UNIT
9 A Kind Deed
“God will
bless you for protecting me,”
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English 4
Year Edition
2014
Ist
Code No. E-4/320
Balochistan Textbook Board, Quetta
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65
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2-3
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Unit No.
17 Reading Activity
The World
of Colours
After
prayers I go to the garden for the morning walk.
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English
Grade-v
First Edition 2014
First
Print 2014
Code
STE-514
Publisher: National Book Foundation Islamabad
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1
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2
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12-13
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UNIT:-1
FLAG OF
PAKISTAN
The best
way to keep our flag high is to work for peace and prosperity of our country.
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113
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3-6
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Unit 11
MAULANA
EDHI
Maulana
Edhi says, “No religion is higher than humanity.”
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Year
Edition
2014
Ist
Code No. E.5/324
Balochistan Textbook Board, Quetta
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1-3
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Unit No:7
Eid-ul-Azha
The
Muslims celebrate Eid-ul-Azha on the tenth of Zilhajj. They sacrifice goats,
sheep, cows, buffaloes and camel in Allah’s name.
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30
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15-20
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The
Muslims follow the Sunnah of their Prophet. On the day of Eid-ul-Azha, they
slaughter animals in the name of Allah. They do so to keep the memory of that
great sacrifice fresh in their minds. They distribute the meat of the
sacrificed animals among poor and relatives.
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When do Muslims celebrate Eid-ul-Azha?
What do Muslims sacrifice?
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31
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7
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What should Muslims be ready for?
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The Muslims sacrifice ------in the way of
Allah.
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The Muslims follow the ------of their great
prophet.
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English
Grade-6
Second Printing 2014
Code
STE-511
Publisher: National Book Foundation
Islamabad
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Note: This textbook meets the requirements of the guidelines
of the National Curriculum and unbiased as well.
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A textbook of
ENGLISH
GRADE -VII
2nd Edition
2014
Code E508
Publisher: National Book Foundation Islamabad
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23
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24-25
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Unit 2
PERSONALITY OF THE HOLY PROPHET HAZRAT MUHAMMAD ﷺ
·
Before the names of certain books, as the
Quran, The Bible.
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52
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11
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Unit 4
Bolan Pass
Priest
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EVERYDAY ENGLISH
7
For Class VII
Edition Month
& Year of Publication
First
January- 2014
Publisher: Sindh Textbook Board, Jamshoro
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27
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1-2
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UNIT 4
VISITING FAMOUS PLACES
LESSON 2
KHYBER PASS
JAMILA :
Is Khyber an Arabic word?
TEACHER:
No, Khyber is a Hebrew word. It means a fort.
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A BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF PAKISTAN
MINORITIES TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION FOR UNBIASED EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN
Sr.
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Contents
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Correspondence from Pakistan Minorities Teachers’ Association
(PMTA) to the Government of Pakistan
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1.1
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Letter to
President of Pakistan, Dated May 02, 2006, Subject: “Representation of
educationists from the religious minorities in the curriculum committee
constituted to revise syllabus 2006” Copy to (i) Prime Minister of Pakistan,
Islamabad, (ii) Federal Minister of Education, Government of Pakistan,
Islamabad, (iii) State Minister of Minorities Affairs, Government of
Pakistan, Islamabad. (iv) Federal Secretary of Education, Government of
Pakistan, Islamabad, (v) Members of the Parliament (Minorities) of Pakistan.
Islamabad.
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1.2
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Letter to
Prime Minister of Pakistan, dated June 14, 2006 Subject: “Substitute syllabus
for the minorities’ students” Copy to: Federal Minister of Education,
Government of Pakistan, Islamabad
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1.3
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Letter to
Chief Minister Punjab, Dated October 10,2006 Subject: “Unavailability of
Ethics and Civics compulsory books” Copy to : (i) Secretary Education
Government of the Punjab, Lahore , (ii) Chairman Punjab Textbook Board
Lahore
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1.4
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Letter to
Gen. (R) Javed Ashraf Qazi, Federal Minister for Education, Dated January
26,2007 Subject: “Education Policy /Curriculum Reforms” Copy to (i) Federal
Secretary of Education , Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, (ii) Members of
the Parliament (Minorities) of Pakistan. Islamabad
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1.5
|
Letter to
Gen (R) Khalid Maqbool, Governor Punjab , Dated February 27,2007 Subject: “Request
for rescheduling BA/B.Sc Annual Examination 2007 dated April 06,2007 due to
Good Friday” Copy to: Vice Chancellor ,University of the Punjab Lahore
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1.6
|
Letter to
Mr. Arif Majeed, Joint Educational Advisor, Ministry of Education, Curriculum
Wing Islamabad, Dated March 19, 2007, Subject: “Comments on Education
Policy/Curriculum Reforms”
|
1.7
|
Letter to
Gen. (R) Javed Ashraf Qazi, Federal Minister for Education, Government of
Pakistan, Islamabad Dated, August 31, 2007 Subject: “Notification for the
subject of Ethics for the students of Minorities in the educational
institutions”
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1.8
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Letter to
Mr. Muhammad Mian Soomro, Prime Minister of Pakistan, Dated November 22, 2007
Subject: “Education Reforms in Pakistan” Copy to (i) Federal Minister for
Education, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, (ii) Federal Minister for Human
Rights, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, (iii) Federal Minister for Law and
Justice, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, (iv) Federal Minister for
Minorities Affairs, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad,
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1.9
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Letter to
Prof. Dr. Mira Phailbus, Provincial Minister for Education, Government of the
Punjab, Lahore, Dated November 22,2007 Subject: “Education Reforms in
Pakistan”
|
1.10
|
Letter to
Federal Minister for Education, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, Dated
February 01, 2008 Subject: “Request for providing the list and addresses of
the consultants from the minorities and of the notified curriculum in the
various subjects” Copy to: Joint Educational Advisor, Ministry of Education
,Curriculum Wing Islamabad
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Contents
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1.11
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Letter to
Mr. Ahsan Iqbal, Federal Minister for Education, Government of Pakistan,
Islamabad, Dated August 13, 2008 Subject: “Recommendations for curriculum”
|
1.12
|
Letter to
Chief Minister Punjab, Dated October 30,2008 Subject: Issuance of syllabus in
the subject of Ethics for 5th and 8th class Copy to : (I) Minister of
Education , Government of the Punjab, Lahore, (ii) Minister of Human Rights
and Minorities Affairs , Government of the Punjab, Lahore,(iii) Secretary of
Education , Government of the Punjab, Lahore,
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1.13
|
Letter to
Chairman Punjab Textbook Board Lahore Dated October 31, 2008, Subject: “Correction
of textbooks”
|
1.14
|
Letter to
President of Pakistan, Dated November 20,2008 Subject: “Respect for religions
in the textbooks of Pakistan” Copy to (i) Federal Minister of Education,
Government of Pakistan, Islamabad (ii) Federal Minister of Human Rights,
Government of Pakistan, Islamabad,(iii) Federal Minister of Minorities
Affairs, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, (iv)Federal Secretary of
Education, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad
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1.15
|
Letter to
Director Curriculum, Punjab Textbook Board Lahore, Dated November 21, 2008
Subject: “Recommendations and report on the White Paper” Copy to: (i) Federal
Minister of Education, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad (ii) Minister of
Education, Government of the Punjab, Lahore, (iii) Minister of Human Rights
and Minorities Affairs , Government of the Punjab, Lahore,(iv) Secretary of
Education , Government of the Punjab, Lahore, (v) Chairman, Punjab Textbook
Board, Lahore
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1.16
|
Letter to
Federal Minister of Human Rights, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad Dated
December 12,2008 Subject: “Respect for religions in the textbooks of Pakistan”
Copy to (i) Federal Minister of Education, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad
(ii) Federal Secretary of Education, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad
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1.17
|
Letter to
Governor Punjab, Dated January 27, 2009 Subject: “Request to postpone the 5th
class examination commencing from February 03,2009 due to the unavailability
of the syllabus of Ethics”
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1.18
|
Letter to
Mr. Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, Federal Minister for Education, Government of
Pakistan, Islamabad, Dated March 06, 2009 Subject: “Reservations on National
Education Policy 2009” Copy to: (i) President of Pakistan, President’s House
(ii) Prime Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister’s Secretariat, Islamabad
(iii) Federal Minister for Human Rights, Pak Secretariat, Islamabad (iv)
Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs, Pak Secretariat, Islamabad (v)
Federal Secretary Education, Pak Secretariat, Islamabad
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1.19
|
Letter to
Vice Chancellor, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Dated April 02,
2009 Subject: “Request for rescheduling of MA/ M.Ed Workshops” Copy to (i)
Federal Minister for Education, GOP, Islamabad (ii) Federal Minister for
Human Rights, GOP, Islamabad (iii) Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs,
GOP, Islamabad
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1.20
|
Letter to the Minister of
Education, Government of the Punjab, Lahore, Dated July 10, 2009 Subject:
“Qirat and minorities’ educators” Copy to (i) Chief Minister , Government of
the Punjab, Lahore, (ii) Minister of Human Rights and Minorities Affairs ,
Government of the Punjab, Lahore,(iii) Secretary of Education (Schools) , Government
of the Punjab, Lahore
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Sr.
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Contents
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1.21
|
Letter to
Mr. Yousaf Raza Gilani, Prime Minister of Pakistan, Dated September 12, 2009.
Subject: “Comments on the biased education policy 2009” Copy to: (i) President
of Pakistan, President’s House (ii) Federal Minister of Education, Pak
Secretariat, Islamabad (iii) Federal Minister for Human Rights, Pak
Secretariat, Islamabad (iv) Federal Secretary Education, Pak Secretariat,
Islamabad
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1.22
|
Letter to Secretary Education ( Schools),
Government of the Punjab, Lahore, Dated January 25, 2010 Subject:
“Discrimination with the minorities’ students” Copy to (i) Chief
Minister , Government of the Punjab,
Lahore, (ii) Minister of Education , Government of the Punjab, Lahore, (iii)
Minister of Human Rights and Minorities Affairs , Government of the Punjab,
Lahore
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1.23
|
Letter to Justice Iftikhar Muhammad
Chaudhry, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pakistan, Dated June 8, 2010
Subject: “Request to take sue moto action against the Ministry of Education”
Government of Pakistan for violating the right of the students of minorities.
|
1.24
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Letter to Federal Minister for Education,
Govt. of Pakistan, Islamabad, Dated June 15, 2010 Subject: “Reservations and
recommendations on textbooks and national curriculum recommended by the
Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan” Copy to: Chief Justice,
Supreme Court of Pakistan, Islamabad
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1.25
|
Letter to Secretary Higher Education,
Government of the Punjab, Lahore, Dated August 11 ,2011 Subject “Discrimination with Minorities’ Assistant
Professors” Copy to : (I) Chief Minister, Chief Minister’s Secretariat,
Government of the Punjab, Lahore (ii) Minister for Education , Government of
the Punjab, Lahore, (iii) Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Affairs ,
Government of the Punjab, Lahore
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1.26
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Letter to Mr. Asif Ali Zaradri, President
of Pakistan, Islamabad, Dated August 26, 2011 Subject: “Representation of
Minorities in the Senate”
|
1.27
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Letter to Mr. Raja Pervez Ashraf, Prime Minister, Prime Minister’s
Secretariat, Islamabad, Dated July 27, 2012, Subject: “Abolishing the term of
Non-Muslim” Copy to: (1) President of Pakistan, President’s Secretariat ,
Islamabad (II) Dr. Paul Bhatti, Minister In charge for National Harmony, Pak Secretariat,
Islamabad (III) Mr. Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, Advisor to Prime Minster on Human
Rights, Islamabad
|
1.28
|
Letter to Mr. Sardar Latif Khosa, Governor
Punjab, Lahore, Dated July 30, 2012 Subject “Providing the facility of
drinking water in the universities examinations centres”
|
1.29
|
Letter to Prof. Dr. M. Ashraf Mirza,
Director (Curriculum Wing) Punjab Textbook Board Lahore, Dated January 7,
2013, Subject: “Selection of authors and reviewers from the minorities for
the textbooks” Copy to: Mr. Saleem Kiyani, Chairman Punjab Curriculum
Authority, Lahore
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1.30
|
Letter to Secretary
Education (School Wing) Govt. of the Punjab, Lahore, Dated: March
25, 2013, Subject: “Substitute Arrangements For Conducting The Grade 9 And
Grade 10 Examinations For The Victimized Students Of The Joseph Colony Lahore”
Copy to: (i) Chief Justice, Lahore High Court,
Lahore (II) Governor Punjab, Governor’s Secretariat, Lahore (III) Caretaker
Chief Minister, Chief Minister’s Secretariat, Lahore
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Contents
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1.31
|
Letter to
Care Prime Minister of Pakistan, Islamabad, Dated March 25, 2013, Subject, “Issuance
of Notification of Holidays for the Christian Employees Serving in the Federal
and Provincial Departments” Copy to: (i) President
of Pakistan, President’s House, Islamabad (II) Governors of all provinces of
Pakistan (III) Caretaker Chief Ministers of all provinces of Pakistan
|
1.32
|
Letter to
Mr. Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan, Prime
Minister’s Secretariat, Islamabad, Dated April 12, 2013 Subject “Representation
from the minorities in the caretaker cabinet”
|
1.33
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Letter to
Mr. Najam Sethi, Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab, Chief Minister’s
Secretariat, Lahore, Dated April 15,2013 Subject: “Representation from the
minorities in the caretaker cabinet”
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1.34
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Letter to Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Prime
Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister’s Secretariat, Islamabad, Dated June 10,
2013, Subject: “Congratulation on becoming the Prime Minister”
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1.35
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Letter to
Mr. Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan,
Minister for Law, Justice & Human
Rights, Prime Minister’s Secretariat, Islamabad, Dated October 24,2013
Subject: “Subject of Religion for the minority students” Copy to: (i) Mr. Mamnoon Hussain,
President of Pakistan, President’s House, Islamabad (ii) Mr. Sardar Muhammad Yousaf, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs & Inter-faith
Harmony (iii) Minority Members of the
National Assembly and the Senate of Pakistan (iv) the Governors of the
provinces of Pakistan (v) All the Chief Ministers of the provincial
governments of Pakistan (vi) All the Human Rights Ministers of the provincial
governments of Pakistan (vii) All the Secretaries( Schools) of the provincial
governments of Pakistan
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1.36
|
Letter to Secretary Higher Education,
Government of the Punjab, Lahore, Dated September 29, 2014, Subject:
“Discrimination with the Minorities and Disable Persons in the Recruitment of
College Teaching Internees (CTIs)” Copy to (i) Chief Minister Punjab, Chief
Minister’s Secretariat Lahore, (ii) Minister for Education, government of the
Punjab, Lahore, (iii) Minister for Human Rights & Minorities Affairs,
government of the Punjab, Lahore
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1.37
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Letter to Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Prime
Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister’s Secretariat, Islamabad, Dated October
27, 2014, Subject: “REQUEST FOR HOLIDAYS TO THE MINORITY EMPLOYEES ON THEIR
RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS” Copy to (1)
President of Pakistan, President’s House, Islamabad, (2) Chief Justice,
Supreme Court of Pakistan, Islamabad, (3) Chairman, Senate of Pakistan,
Islamabad, (4) Speaker, National Assembly of Pakistan, Islamabad, (5) Federal
Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights, GOP, Islamabad, (6) Federal
Minister for Religious Affairs & Inter Faith Harmony, GOP, Islamabad
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2
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Feedback to Professor Anjum
James Paul ,Chairman Pakistan
Minorities Teachers’ Association (PMTA) from the Government of Pakistan
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2.1
|
Subject: “Unavailability of
Ethics and Civics compulsory books Chief Minister’s Secretariat, Punjab”,
Letter to Chairman PMTA from Mr. Fakhar Cheema, Deputy Secretary (VIII), No.
DS(VIII) CMS/07/OT-47/160076, Dated February 06,2007
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2.2
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Subject: “Feedback on the White
Paper on Education in Pakistan”, Letter to Chairman PMTA from Mr. Javed Hasan
Aly , Team Leader, Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Education, Policy and
Planning Wing, National Education Policy Review Team, Islamabad ,Dated
February 10,2007
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2.3
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Subject:
“Comments on Education Policy/ Curriculum Reforms”, Letter to Chairman PMTA
from Mr. S. Tajammal Hussain Shah, Assistant Educational Advisor, Government
of Pakistan, Ministry of Education, (Curriculum Wing), Islamabad, Dated The
26th February, 2007, No. F.3-17/2007-IE
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2.4
|
Subject:
“Notification for the subject of Ethics for the students of Minorities in the
educational institutions”, Letter to Chairman PMTA from Mr. S. Tajammal
Hussain Shah, Assistant Educational Advisor, Government of Pakistan, Ministry
of Education, (Curriculum Wing), Islamabad, Dated September 19, 2007, No.
F.3-17/2007-IE
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2.5
|
Subject:
“From Mr. Muhammad Hussain, Director (A-I), President’s Secretariat (Public),
President’s House, Islamabad”, Dated 23rd October, 2008, Control
No.21486/2008/P-III, Letter to Chairman PMTA Prof. Anjum James Paul
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2.6
|
Subject:
“Issuance of syllabus in the subject of Ethics for 5th and 8th class”, Letter
to Chairman PMTA from Mr. Kamran Michael, Minister for Human Rights and Minority
Affairs, Punjab, Dated 04th November, 2008 No. PS/MIN/HR&M/496/2008
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2.7
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Subject: “Issuance of syllabus
in the subject of Ethics for 5th and 8th class”, Letter to Chairman PMTA
from Section Officer (S-VII) Government of the Punjab, School Education
Department, Lahore with the comments of Director (C.W.), Punjab Textbook
Board, Lahore Dated December 17, 2008 No. SO(S-VII) 1-9/2007
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2.8
|
Subject: “Issuance of syllabus
in the subject of Ethics for 5th and 8th class”, Letter to Chairman PMTA from
Schools Education Department Section (ER) Dated December 20, 2008 No. SO(ER)
9-11/2008
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2.9
|
Subject:
“Respect for religions in the textbooks of Pakistan”, Letter to Chairman
PMTA from Ministry of Human Rights, Government of Pakistan Dated November 27,
2008 F.No.13 (27)/2008-LA
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2.10
|
Subject: “Respect for religions in the
textbooks of Pakistan”, Letter to Chairman PMTA from Ministry of Education,
Government of Pakistan Dated March 12, 2009 No F.3-17/2008-IE
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2.11
|
Subject: “Qirat and minorities educators”,
Letter to Chairman PMTA from Government of the Punjab, School Education
Department, Dated August 12, 2009 No. SO (TRG) 2-24/2008
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2.12
|
Subject: “Discrimination with Mr. Yousuf
Masih Gul, Principal, Govt. College for Elementary Teachers, Narowal on
religious basis (Application Tracking No. 37294)”, Letter to Chairman PMTA
from Deputy Director (Monitoring), Government of the Punjab, Chief Minister’s
Monitoring Force, School Education Department, Dated October 22, 2009
No.DD(M)CS complaints/2009
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2.13
|
Subject: “Providing the facility of
drinking water in the universities examinations centres”, Letter to Chairman
PMTA from Governor’s Secretariat Punjab, Dated August 04, 2012. No.GS (UNIV)
1-12/2012-311
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2.14
|
Subject: “Request for abolishing the term
of Non-Muslim”, Letter to Professor Anjum James Paul from Prime Minister’s
Secretariat (Public), Prime Minister’s Grievances Wing, Islamabad, Dated
August 15, 2012, PMS.NO.GR-IV/2012/415351/dated 15th August 2012.
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2.15
|
Subject: “Petitions from Punjab” Letter to Professor
Anjum James Paul from President’s Secretariat, Aiwan-e-Sadr Islamabad, Dated
1st April, 2013 No.4378/2013/Petition/Punjab Note: The reply is of
the letter on the subject, “Issuance
of Notification of Holidays for the Christian Employees Serving in the
Federal and Provincial Departments.”
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2.16
|
Subject: “Request for special arrangement
to conduct grade 9 and grade 10 examinations of the student of Joseph Colony,
Lahore”, Letter to Professor Anjum James Paul Chairman PMTA from Governor’s
Secretariat Punjab, Dated April 9, 2013. No. SO(C-1)/GS/2-1/2013-B
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2.17
|
Subject: “Request for special arrangement
to conduct grade 9 and grade 10 examinations of the student of Joseph Colony,
Lahore”, Letter to Professor Anjum James Paul Chairman PMTA from Mr. Anwar
Farooq, Controller of Examinations, Board of Intermediate & Secondary
Education No.1241-CE/P, Dated April 11, 2013.
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2.18
|
Subject: “PRC meeting for the manuscript of
History-VIII”, Letter from the Deputy Director, Punjab Curriculum Authority,
Wahdat Colony, Lahore, Dated September 1, 2013
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2.19
|
Subject: “PRC meeting for the manuscript of
History-VIII”, Letter from the Deputy Director, Punjab Curriculum Authority,
Wahdat Colony, Lahore, Dated September 23, 2013
|
2.20
|
Subject: “PRC meeting for the manuscript of
History-VIII”, Letter from the Deputy Director, Punjab Curriculum Authority,
Wahdat Colony, Lahore, Dated September 25, 2013
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2.21
|
Subject: “PRC meeting for the manuscript of
Ethics-V”, Letter from the Deputy Director, Punjab Curriculum Authority,
Wahdat Colony, Lahore, No. PCA/PRC/13/764 Dated November 8, 2013
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2.22
|
Subject: “TRC meeting for the manuscript of
Ethics-V”, Letter from the Research Associate, Punjab Curriculum Authority,
Wahdat Colony, Lahore, No. PCA/TRC/13/970 Dated December 17, 2013
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2.23
|
Subject: “Unavailability of the Textbooks
in the Subject of Religion/Ethics for the Minority Students”, Letter from
Prof. Dr. Ali Asghar Chishti, Dean
Faculty of Arabic & Islamic Studies ,Allama Iqbal Open University
Islamabad. No.F.3-6/2014-AP & CP/1150, Dated January 30,2014
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2.24
|
Subject: “TRC-II meeting for the manuscript
of Ethics for Grade-V”, Letter from the Research Associate, Punjab Curriculum
Authority, Wahdat Colony, Lahore, No. PCA/TRC/13/57 Dated March 3, 2014
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2.25
|
Subject: “Discrimination
with the Minorities and Disable Persons in the Recruitment of College
Teaching Internees (CTIs)”, Letter from Abdul Qayoum, Special Secretary to
Chief Minister, No.STO/SSCM/CMO/14/OT-471, Chief Minister’s Office
Punjab Dated October 10,2014
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3
|
Publications from Pakistan Minorities
Teachers’ Association
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3.1
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“A White Paper on
Education in Pakistan by PMTA” Prepared by: Anjum James Paul, September 2007
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3.2
|
“A
Review on Textbooks and National Curriculum Recommended By the Ministry Of
Education” Prepared
by: Anjum James Paul, June 2010
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3.3
|
“A
Ray of Social Harmony in the Pakistani Textbooks” Research by: Anjum James
Paul, October 2014
http://safedafed.org/learningresources.php
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3.4
|
“Biased
Pakistani Textbooks” Research by:
Anjum James Paul, October 2014
http://safedafed.org/learningresources.php
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3.5
|
“Article
22 (1) of the Constitution of Pakistan and Pakistani Textbooks” Research by:
Anjum James Paul, October 2014
http://safedafed.org/learningresources.php
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3.6
|
“General
Standard of Pakistani Textbooks” Research by: Anjum James Paul, October 2014
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3.7
|
Research
on textbooks published in Urdu language in 2013-2014 in various subjects of
National Book Foundation Islamabad, Punjab Textbook Board Lahore, Sindh
Textbook Board Jamshoro, Balochistan Textbook Board Quetta and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Textbook Board Peshawar is in
process of publication.
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4
|
Interviews
of Chairman PMTA ,Professor Anjum James Paul
|
4.1
|
“Bias in textbooks is the root cause of
religious intolerance” in Pakistan. Interview of Professor Anjum James Paul,
Chairman PMTA published in ASSIST
News Service (ANS) on Monday, April 30, 2007
|
4.2
|
“Pakistan National Education Policy 2009
condemned” Interview of Professor Anjum James Paul, Chairman PMTA published
in ASSIST News Service on
September 14, 2009,
|
4.3
|
“State accountability and educational
rights of minorities” Interview of Professor Anjum James Paul, Chairman PMTA
published by South Asian Research and Resource Centre, Islamabad in 2008
|
4.4
|
“Anjum James Paul. Sudegintiems
be alive - the fate of Christians in Pakistan” published in Bernardinai.It on
July 4, 2014
|
5
|
Columns in
which concerns of PMTA have been expressed
|
5.1
|
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5.2
|
“National
education policy 2009 – a critique"
by Mr. Naveed Ejaz, published in the Daily News on Thursday, September 24, 2009,
www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintWriterName.aspx?...Naveed%20Ejaz
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5.3
|
“Ethics
in education “by Ayra Inderyas, published in the Daily News on Sunday,
June 19, 2011.
jang.com.pk/thenews/jun2011-weekly/nos-19-06-2011/she.htm
|
6
|
Reference in
the publications
|
6.1
|
THE CHILDREN OF
MINORITIES: A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE FROM PAKISTAN
(Published by Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) in 2014)
|
6.2
|
A report on the Religious Minorities in Pakistan 2011
Published by National Commission for Justice and Peace (page
13)
|
7
|
Letters published in the
Pakistani National Press from PMTA
|
7.1
|
“Unavailability of Ethics and Civics
compulsory books for the students of Religious Minorities” published in the
Daily Chitral Times on October 09, 2006,
|
7.2
|
“Study...but how?” published
in the Daily Times on Sunday, October 18, 2006, www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page...18-10-2006_pg3_7
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7.3
|
“Curriculum
recommendations” published in the Daily Dawn on August 28, 2008
archives.dawn.com/archives/54435
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7.4
|
“Recommendations for curriculum” published
in the Daily Frontier Post on August 29, 2008,
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7.5
|
“Minorities' recommendations” published in the Daily Nation on September
3, 2008,
|
7.6
|
“Curriculum on ethics” published in the
Daily Dawn on September 08, 2008,
http://archives.dawn.com/archives/54437
|
7.7
|
“Minorities Day or Segregation
Day “published in the Daily Frontier Post on December 19, 2008,
|
7.8
|
“MINORITIES
DAY OR SEGREGATION DAY” published in the Daily Chitral Times on December 19,
2008, http://www.chitraltimes.com/english08/newsdetail231ba.htm
|
7.9
|
“Inter-faith harmony in curriculum” published
in the Daily Dawn on December 24, 2008
|
7.10
|
“Talking easy, doing hard” published in the
Daily Nation on December 25, 2008,
|
7.11
|
“Woes of minority students” published in
the Daily Dawn on January 29, 2009, http://archives.dawn.com/archives/47114
|
7.12
|
“Woes of
minority students “published in
the Daily Frontier Post on January 30, 2009,
|
7.13
|
“Woes of minority students” published in
the Daily Pakistan Observer on January 30, 2009.
|
7.14
|
“Islam and minorities’
rights” published in the Daily Frontier Post on February 05, 2009.
|
7.15
|
“Reservations on Education
Policy” published in the Daily Frontier Post on March 12, 2009.
|
7.16
|
“PEC
negligence” published in the Daily Frontier
Post on
April 03, 2009.
|
7.17
|
“Qirat and minorities
teachers” published in the Daily Frontier Post on July 13, 2009.
|
7.18
|
|
7.19
|
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7.20
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Contents
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7.21
|
“REQUEST FOR HOLIDAYS TO THE MINORITY EMPLOYEES ON THEIR RELIGIOUS
FESTIVALS” published in the Daily Chitral Times on October 27,2014
|
8
|
Feedback of
letters published in the Pakistani Press
|
8.1
|
“World religions course”
published in the Daily Dawn on September 01, 2008, http://archives.dawn.com/archives/56243
|
8.2
|
“Curriculum recommendations” published in
the Daily Dawn on September 07,
2008.
|
8.3
|
“Inter-faith
harmony in curriculum” published in the Daily Mail on January 02, 2009.
|
9
|
Comments regarding education
system of Pakistan published in the International Press
|
9.1
|
“Government Urged to Switch Exam
Scheduled for Good Friday” report published in UCAN on March 09 2007
http://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/2007/03/09/government-urged-to-switch-exam-scheduled-for-good-friday&post_id=4940
|
9.2
|
“PMTA
expresses concerns on silence of Shahbaz Bhatti on National or Islamic
Education policy”, published in the
Pakistan Christian Post, September 11, 2009.
|
9.3
|
"Minorities and education"
published in the Asia News on September 14, 2009.
|
9.4
|
“Minorities
International Conference’ to be held in Pakistan in December 2009”
published in the ASSIST News Service, October
4, 2009, www.assistnews.net/Stories/2009/s09100032.htm
|
9.5
|
|
9.6
|
“Pakistani Church leaders compromised on
Education reforms”, published in Pakistan Christian Post, June 20, 2010.
|
9.7
|
“Plight of Christian Students in Pakistan”
published in ASSIST News Service
on July 10, 2010
|
9.8
|
“Day of
Minorities in Pakistan (08.11.) Christians protest against living in constant
fear and explain memorial to the “unlucky” published in Fur Mens Chenrechte.
Weltweit on August 10, 2010
|
9.9
|
“Christian
students in Pakistan are victims of violence and discrimination” published in
the Asianews , October 7, 2010
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Contents
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9.10
|
“Pakistani
non-Muslims want textbooks revised” report published in UCAN on November 14,
2011
|
9.11
|
“Pakistani
Christian scholar writes government to abolish word Non-Muslim”, published
in Pakistan Christian Post ,July 27, 2012
www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=3652
|
9.12
|
Professor
Anjum James Paul leads seminar “The promotion of social harmony through
schools”, published
in the Pakistan Christian Post on July 9,2012
|
9.13
|
“Inter-Religious conference demanded
international law for respect of
religious” published
in Pakistan
Christian Post, September
21, 2012 www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=3779
|
9.14
|
“Teachers role urged for transforming
society” published in the Daily Dawn on October 6,2012
|
9.15
|
“City pays tribute to
teachers for untiring services” published in the Daily Times on October
6,2012
|
9.16
|
“HRFP-GHRD:
Celebration of International Human Rights Day”, published in the Pakistan
Christian Post on December 12,2012 www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=4001
|
9.17
|
“Pakistan Minorities Teachers
Association demands a public apology from Rehman Malik”,
published in CHRISTIAN IN PAKISTAN, January 21, 2013 http://www.christiansinpakistan.com/pakistan-minorities-teachers-association-demands-a-public-appology-from-rehman-malik/
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9.18
|
“PMTA demands special arrangement for grade
9 and 10 students of Joseph Colony” published in Pakistan
Christian Post, March 26,
2013
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com
/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=4234
|
9.19
|
“Role of
minorities included in the Pakistani textbooks by the efforts of Pakistan
Minorities Teachers’ Association” published in
Pakistan Christian Post, April 13, 2013
www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=4270
|
9.20
|
“The
Pakistani Minorities Teachers’ Association Is Planning a Boycott of Ethics
Textbooks in Their Country” published in the ASSIST News Service, October
24,2013
|
9.21
|
Children’s Literature Festival: ‘Textbooks full of
lies and conspiracy theories’ published in the
Express Tribune, November 1,2013
|
9.22
|
“Improve textbooks and abolish
exams in primary education” published in the
Express Tribune, February 22,2014 http://tribune.com.pk/story/674698/improve-textbooks-and-abolish-exams-in-primary-education/
|
9.23
|
“Role of
minorities in the creation of Pakistan included in the textbooks of Pakistan.
By Professor Anjum James Paul” published
in
Pakistan Christian Post, June 25, 2014
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9.24
|
“Role of minorities in Pakistan becomes part of the Pakistani
textbooks. By Professor Anjum James Paul” published
in
Pakistan Christian Post, June 25,2014
|
10
|
1.
Columns
of Chairman PMTA Professor Anjum James Paul,
published in the press
|
10.1
|
“Constitution
of Pakistan and Minorities”, by Professor Anjum James Paul published in Pakistan Christian Post ,March 18,2009, http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewarticles.php?editorialid=820
|
10.2
|
"National
Education Policy 2009 and Minorities" concerns of PMTA , by Professor Anjum James Paul published in the Pakistan
Christian Post on September 04, 2009,
|
10.3
|
"BIASED
PAKISTANI TEXTBOOKS AND MINORITIES “research paper of Prof. Anjum James Paul
published in Pakistan Christian Post on September 16, 2009
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewarticles.php?editorialid=845
|
10.4
|
“Forced conversion in Pakistan” , by Professor Anjum James
Paul published in Pakistan Christian Post ,March
26,2012,
|
10.5
|
“Violation of Article 25 of the
constitution of Pakistan” published in the Pakistan Christian Post ,July
27,2012
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewarticles.php?editorialid=1509
|
10.6
|
“Jinnah’s vision and social harmony” by Professor Anjum James
Paul published in the daily Frontier Post , August 14,2013
|
11
|
Comments
and letters of Chairman PMTA, Professor Anjum James Paul on Human Rights
issues published in the Press
|
11.1
|
“Christian persecution surged
during Musharraf’s rule” Tuesday, published in the Assist News Service,
August 19, 2008
www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08080122.htm
|
11.2
|
“Shortage of Fertilizers” published in
the daily Nation ,September18,2008 www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news.../18.../Shortage-of-fertilizers
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11.3
|
“ Birth of a new Pakistan” published in the daily Nation
,March 20,2009
www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news.../Birth-of-a-new-Pakistan
|
11.4
|
“Barbarity in Swat” published in the daily Nation ,April
13,2009 www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news...daily.../Barbarity-in-Swat
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11.5
|
“60 Christian houses in Pakistan reduced to
ashes by chemical bombs over blasphemy accusation” published in the Assist
News Service, Friday, July 31, 2009 www.assistnews.net/Stories/2009/s09070226.htm
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11.6
|
“Police First Information Report lodged
against perpetrators of August 1 violence after intervention of Pakistan
Federal Minister for Minorities”, published
in the Assist News Service, Sunday August 2, 2009
|
11.7
|
“Pakistan Church
set on fire over blasphemy accusation” published in the Assist News Service, Saturday, September 12, 2009
www.assistnews.net/Stories/2009/s09090065.htm
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Contents
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11.8
|
“Pakistani man
accused of blasphemy dies in police custody” published in the Assist News
Service, Tuesday, September 15, 2009
www.assistnews.net/Stories/2009/s09090085.htm
|
11.9
|
“Pakistani Christians suspect police murdered
blasphemy-accused young man” published in the Assist News Service, Saturday,
September 19, 2009 www.assistnews.net/Stories/2009/s09090120.htm
|
11.10
|
“Pakistani Christian janitors protest over non-payment of salaries”, published in the Assist News
Service, Monday, September 21,
2009 http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2009/s09090130.htm
|
11.11
|
“Pakistan
Punjab Chief Minister approves quota for minorities for all government jobs
in the province”, published in the Assist News Service, Sunday, October 4,
2009
|
11.12
|
“Minorities
International Conference’ to be held in Pakistan in December 2009” published
in the Assist News Service, Sunday, October 4, 2009
|
11.13
|
“Some Pakistani
Christian victims of Gojra violence refuse USAID’s aid packets” published in the Assist News
Service, Sunday, October 11, 2009 www.assistnews.net/Stories/2009/s09100065.htm
|
11.14
|
“Burning Alive: The fate of Pakistani Christians “,published in the Assist News
Service, Friday, July 16, 2010
www.assistnews.net/Stories/2010/s10070089.htm
|
11.15
|
“Bloodshed
in Karachi” published in the Daily Dawn August 5, 2010
|
11.16
|
“Joining shoe club” published in the daily Frontier Post
,August 13,2010
|
11.17
|
“Have pity on Punjabis” published in the daily Frontier Post
,August 19,2010
|
11.18
|
“A question of Pakistani minorities” published in Pakistan Christian
Post, February 12, 2011 www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewarticles.php?editorialid=1227
|
11.19
|
. “Friend, Colleague and Classmate Pays Tribute to Assassinated
Minorities Leader”, published in
the Assist News Service, Sunday,
March 6, 2011 www.assistnews.net/Stories/2011/s11030039.htm
|
11.20
|
“U.S.
Condemns Burning Of Quran By Florida Pastor”, published in the Assist News Service, Friday, March 25, 2011
www.assistnews.net/Stories/2011/s11030186.htm
|
11.21
|
“A powerful new documentary on Pakistan ‘Martyr’ Shahbaz Bhatti has
been released”, published in
the Assist News Service, Wednesday,
June 22, 2011 www.assistnews.net/Stories/2011/s11060104.htm
|
11.22
|
“Emotions running deep two years after anti-Christian riots in
Pakistan” published in the Assist News
Service, Wednesday, August 3,
2011 www.assistnews.net/Stories/2011/s11080016.htm
|
11.23
|
“History made in Pakistan”, published in the Assist News Service, Sunday, August 28, 2011
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11.24
|
“For the first time, religious minorities to be represented
in the Pakistani Senate” published in the Asia News on August 29,2011 http://www.asianews.it/news-en/For-the-first-time,-religious-minorities-to-be-represented-in-the-Pakistani-Senate-22489.html
|
11.25
|
“Rehman
Malik’s remarks & Christians”
published in the Daily Dawn on 21st January, 2013, http://dawn.com/news/780322/rehman-maliks-remarks-christians
|
11.26
|
“108 years old Christian
graveyard vandalized in Pakistan” published in Pakistan
Christian Post, April 10, 2013
|
11.27
|
“Peace and hope in Faisalabad
Pakistan” published in Missionari Della Consolta in March 2014
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