Pakistan set to establish Quran Board

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pakistani Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony Sahibzada Noorul Haq Qadri on Monday said that all stakeholders have agreed to set up Quran Board for the publication of error-free Holy Book.

Talking to the media after the meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony, the minister said the initiative was aimed at ensuring exact and correct printing of the Holy Quran at the national level.

Earlier, the Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony unanimously passed a bill to further amend the Publication of the Holy Quran (Elimination of Printing and Recording Errors) Act, 1973.

The committee, met with Member of National Assembly Asad Mahmood in the chair, was told that there was no the national-level department for protection and standardisation of printing of the Holy Quran.

The body underlined the need for establishing a national-level Quran Board for this holy purpose. It was further told that there was no law to recycle old pages of the Quran by ensuring their sanctity. The bill would ensure the recycling of old pages of the holy book in a respectable and responsible way.

Source: The Express Tribune