LAHORE – The Lahore High Court on Friday has ordered all educationalinstitutions to made Quranic teachings compulsory in their curriculum from2021.
As per the details, Justice Shahid Waheed of LHC’s divisional bench passedan order to add the Holy Quran as part of the new curriculum commencingfrom the year 2021. The court also asked scholars to express their views onthe matter so that it can be implemented in all of the provinces.
Earlier in November, a lawyer petitioned the Court over the compulsoryQuranic Teachings in all educational institutes in Pakistan.
The court then sought perspective from the chairman of the Higher EducationCommission and the federal secretary for religious affairs.
The petition pleaded the court to direct the authorities to ensureimplementation of Sections 3 and 4 of the Compulsory Teaching of the HolyQuran Act, 2017, of the Constitution.
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Siddiqui, the lawyer who filed the petition, said that the court shouldalso ask authorities in Punjab to notify all public and private schools inthe province to begin *Naazrah *Quran classes from grade 1 to 4, andteachings of the Quran along with translation from grade 6 to 12.
Earlier in June, the Punjab government made the teaching of the Quran withtranslation mandatory for university students.
