Content Against Pak Values Not To Be Allowed To Publish :Ashrafi
Muhammad Irfan Published July 15, 2021 | 08:28 PM
Special Aide to Prime Minister on Interfaith Harmony Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi has said that any content written without following the Pakistani values would not be allowed to publish in the country
LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Jul, 2021 ) :Special Aide to Prime Minister on Interfaith Harmony Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi has said that any content written without following the Pakistani values would not be allowed to publish in the country.
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, he said that for the past few days, baseless propaganda was going on regarding the Muttahida Ulema board (MUB), and the uniform curriculum in the country.
He said that the government and ulema had been working for two-and-a-half years on the curriculum. "We have been trying to promote tolerance in the country," he added.
Ashrafi said that extremism had decreased in the country and misuse of the blasphemy law had been checked strictly during the last three years.
He said that the MUB was looking into the religious material in books under a law, passed by the Punjab Assembly. It had gone through more than 150 books thus far, and sent those books back.
He alleged that an English newspaper did not care about the journalistic values while publishing content on the issue. "We suggested removing pictures of scientists and publishing pictures of women with scarves," he said.
He said that a campaign had been launched about Malala Yousafzai two days ago and no one even asked ulema about the issue. "We did not even see that book," he added.
Ashrafi said that the agenda to attack Islamic values would never be allowed to succeed. "I was the first to condemn the attack on Malala," he said.
The PM's aide said that no one should blame the MUB without the evidence.
"Can you give any proof?" he asked.
He said that the purpose of the slanderous campaign was to target the Punjab government, the Assembly and the Punjab Textbook Board. "We have not received these books, nor have made any recommendations," he clarified.
He said that the MUB gets a no-objection certificate (NOC) for translation and interpretation of even the holy Quran and the crackdown on the book was made not because of Malala, adding that the book was being published without an NOC.
The attack on Malala is condemnable. She is also the daughter of the nation, Ashrafi added.
He urged the media not to carry any content without getting version of all concerned.
He said that Madrasas had signed an agreement with the government to teach modern sciences to their students.
He said that falsehood was not freedom of expression. "We have suffered losses by standing with journalists," he recalled.
Ashrafi said the whole nation should be careful during the Eid-ul-Azha days, and also stressed cleanliness while slaughtering sacrificial animals.
He said that one nation, one curriculum was a big dream, which was being materialised soon. He said it was an achievement of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, while the mafia wanted to keep the children unfamiliar with Pakistani values and personalities.
Ashrafi said that the nation agreed on who the heroes are, adding that no one could be declared a hero through the use of force.
Related Topics
Recent Stories
HEC reviews curricula for environmental sciences degree programme
ICC Asia looking forward to an action-packed Asia Cricket Week
Yuvraj Singh named ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Ambassador
Greece hands Olympic flame to 2024 Paris Games hosts
Two Kyiv hospitals evacuating over feared Russian strikes
World must act on neurotech revolution, say experts
Charles & Catherine's cancer diagnoses
Champions Alcaraz and Sabalenka through in Madrid Open
King Charles to resume some public duties during cancer treatment: palace
US defense chief announces $6 bn in security aid for Ukraine
Heavy rains cause damage to Spezand-Taftan railway track
Woman stabbed in Israel, attacker killed: police
More Stories From Pakistan
-
SC to take up 9 identical petitions regarding judges' letter
11 minutes ago -
Woman committed suicide in Pindigheb
11 minutes ago -
Teenage girl abducted in Hassanabdal
11 minutes ago -
NTDC Super 8 Inter-Departmental Tape Ball Cricket Tournament concludes: GM (HR) team clinches the w ..
21 minutes ago -
AJK President calls for overseas Kashmiris' proactive role to expose the Modi government's nefarious ..
31 minutes ago -
AJK-wide campaign begins to vanish black-tinted glasses to all sorts of vehicles
41 minutes ago
-
Islamabad to be digitalized as pilot project under national digitalization plan: IT Minister
41 minutes ago -
HEC reviews curricula for environmental sciences degree programme
1 hour ago -
Heavy rains cause damage to Spezand-Taftan railway track
1 hour ago -
Documentary on life of Jamiluddin Aali screened at embassy
1 hour ago -
"Sindh Theater Festival 2024" commences in Larkana
1 hour ago -
Blackmailer arrested after secret camera scandal in Mirpurkhas
1 hour ago