134SharesPunjab Assembly lawmakers have expressed remorse over their decision to support the Tahaffuz-e-Bunyad-e-Islam Bill, saying they voted for the bill without ‘reading the draft’. During the proceedings on Friday, the MPAs from the opposition and treasury benches withdrew their support to the bill, saying they would not endorse a document that would ‘fan sectarian divides […]
81SharesAfter a ‘critical review’, the Punjab Curriculum Textbook Board has banned at least 100 books being taught in private schools over ‘anti-national’ and ‘blasphemous’ content, said Managing Director Rai Manzoor Hussain Nasir on Friday. Nasir told reporters that the books that were banned contained texts printed by 31 publishers, including Oxford and Cambridge. The PCTB […]
A new bill passed by the Punjab Assembly gives the provincial government sweeping powers to censor information by barring any publisher, editor, or translator, from printing or publishing any text that is deemed ‘un-Islamic’ or ‘objectionable’ by the government. The bill titled Punjab Tahaffuz-e-Bunyad-e-Islam Bill 2020 was passed by the house on Wednesday and has […]