Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board confiscated the social studies book for grade 7 published by the Oxford University Press for printing the picture of Malala in the list of important personalities of the country.
Pictures of some important personalities had been published on page 33 of the book that included Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Allama Iqbal, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Liaqat Ali Khan, Abdul Sattar Edhi, Begum Raana Liaquat Ali Khan, Maj Aziz Bhatti Shaheed and Malala Yousufzai.
The act is completely understandable looking at “the history of the history” in the country. Why would we want to corrupt our young minds with stories of brave girl like Malala standing up for their rights? We can’t afford a talking girl. We can only afford silent girl who can conform to everything the male says. Why would we tell our kids about a Pashtun girl who is known in the whole world as a sign of resistance to the terrorists and terrorism? Why would we tell our kids about Pashtun girl who is known as a symbol of girls education around the globe? Why would we tell our kids about a Pashtun girl who won us the biggest prize in the world. No we can’t and we won’t do that.
We would rather tell them Osama Bin Laden, Mulla Omar, Ihsan Ullah Ihsan, Rao Anwar, Mulla Hematullah, Zabeeh Ullah Mujahid, Baitullah Mehsud, Hakeem Ullah Mehsud, Mulla Fazlullah, Khadim Rizvi, Mumtaz Qadri and dozens of more extremists and terrorists killers who are national heroes of Pakistan and have defended the idealogical borders of the country for years. Yet again I would say that people are known by the priorities they have and our priorities are known to the world since long. Isn’t this country destined to doom?
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