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.