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  • Pakistan’s 1st Animal Rights Curriculum launched

    Pakistan’s 1st Animal Rights Curriculum launched

    Pakistan’s first animal rights curriculum has been launched by Federal Minister for Education, Rana Tanveer. The curriculum will teach kids about the responsibilities of keeping pets and to treat stray animals with compassion.
    The curriculum is being
    launched on the directions of Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif to counter cruelty against animals. The curriculum includes chapters on animal rights and how Islam also forbids mistreatment of animals. It will be taught in private and public schools.

    Head of Prime Minister’s Strategic Reforms Unit, Salman Sufi, while talking to The Current said, “Never in Pakistan’s history was any attention was given to animal rights. It was always a neglected subject, and given the situation of animals in Pakistan- the abuse of donkeys and pets- this curriculum will pave a way for our future generations to be better than we are.”

    “So this will change how Pakistan and its citizens treat animals because our children will learn from this and our future generation will be in a much better place to have a tolerant society than we ever had,” he stated.

  • Govt to introduce Pakistan’s first animal welfare law, hotline to report animal abuse

    Govt to introduce Pakistan’s first animal welfare law, hotline to report animal abuse

    Head of Prime Minister’s Strategic Reforms Unit Salman Sufi has announced that the government is working on Pakistan’s first animal welfare law. He made the announcement while giving details of reforms launched by PM Shehbaz Sharif at a news conference in Islamabad on Thursday.

    He added that a hotline has been established to report animal cruelty. Citizens can call 1819 to report animal abuse.

    An animal ethics committee will be established. Abusers will have to face penalties for violations of the law; shooting and poisoning of animals has also been banned. In addition, the testing of animals in universities has been banned. The pet market will also be regulated.

    The law will be implemented in Islamabad and will then be extended to the entire country, said Salman Sufi while talking to The Current. He added that all the provinces are on board.

    Read more- Dogs being abducted, tortured for medical experiments

    In June, videos and pictures from Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University (PMAS-AAUR) in Rawalpindi went viral on social media in which dogs were seen in inhumane conditions.

    According to media reports, veterinarian students were snatching healthy dogs and experimented on them in brutal, immoral, and terrifying ways.