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Standing Committee recommends to ban a sociology book
National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Federal education and
Professional Training has recommended the government impose a ban on
the book titled "Ayina-e-Imraniyat" having Islamophobia
content.
The directions were given during the 35th meeting of the Standing
Committee held in Islamabad under the Chairmanship of Syed Sami-ul-Hassan
Gillani, MNA.
The mover, Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali, MNA, while presenting his matter held that the book titled "Ayina-e-Imraniyat" published by Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) for their first year students contains content which is against the teachings of Qur'an. However, the Vice Chancellor of AIOU, clarified that the book in question didn't belong to AIOU, rather it was published by Khalid Book Depot Lahore
The Committee, expressing condemnation over the publishing of such a book by the publishers, recommended that the government should impose a ban on the said book.
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