6th-grade textbook publishes Quaid’s wrong birth date
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A private school in Lahore, Ladybird School, situated in the constituency of Punjab Commerce Minister Mian Aslam Iqbal, published the wrong date of birth of the founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in a sixth-grade textbook, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Sunday.
Senior TV anchorperson Hamid Mir tweeted, “This is the young student of Ladybird School Multan Road, whose father has pointed out the wrong date of birth of Quaid-e-Azam in his textbook. This school is in the constituency of Provincial Minister Mian Aslam Iqbal in Lahore. The school curriculum is approved by the Department of Education.”
یہ لیڈی برڈ سکول ملتان روڑ لاہور کا ننھا طالب علم ہے جس کے والد نے اسکی نصابی کتاب میں قائداعظم کی غلط تاریخ پیدائش کی نشاندہی کی ہے یہ سکول لاہور میں صوبائی وزیر میاں اسلم اقبال کے حلقے میں ہے وزیر صاحب یہاں مہمان خصوصی بھی بنتے رہتے ہیں سکول کا نصاب محکمہ تعلیم سے منظور شدہ ہے pic.twitter.com/2gKLdlMx7O
— Hamid Mir حامد میر (@HamidMirPAK) June 28, 2020
As per the pictures shared by the journalist, the Ladybird school grade sixth textbook ‘Sarmaya-e-Urdu’ has written date of birth of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah as ‘25 December 1976’ instead of ‘25 December 1876’.
The issue was raised originally by former Information Secretary All Pakistan Muslim League and former Interview Coordinator of Imran Khan Javed Badar.
He questioned who is responsible for such a big and terrible mistake, Education Ministry, school or book publisher.
یہ میرے بیٹے کی چھٹی کلاس کی اُردو بی کی کتاب ہے جو لاہور میں
— Javed Badar Pakistan🇵🇰 (@jkhanbadar) June 28, 2020
ایک پرائیویٹ سکول میں زیرتعلیم ہے
کتاب میں بانی پاکستان محمد علی جناح کی تاریخ پیدائش 25 دسمبر 1976 پبلش ہے
اتنی بڑی اور بھیانک غلطی کی ذمہداری کس کی ہے وزرات تعلیم سکول کتاب کے پبلشر؟@ImranKhanPTI @DrMuradPTI pic.twitter.com/okZpGZgIXZ
The compiler of this edition of 6th-grade textbook was Azmat Kauser, the publisher is Syed Ali Kauser Zaidi while textbook was composed and published by Tehzib Sons Publisher 4-Habib Bank Building Urdu Bazaar Chowk, Lahore. The textbook was printed at the Printing Press named Book Printers Rattigan Road, Lahore.
