Corruption in Pakistan from micro to macro level has always been discussed in and out of country only because it is a genuine issue of Pakistan. Certainly the world community, especially those who deal with Pakistan on Gov or B-to-B levels are more concerned about the problem that has affected Pakistan’s own growth as well. Mostly recently, the main manifesto of the self claimed the most popular political party repeatedly alleged its main political rivals, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former President Asif Ali Zardari as the most corrupt people in Pakistan that Chairman PTI Mr. Imran Khan could never prove even during his own so called ONE PAGE government.
It was only in the background of above mentioned scene that when an information about an article on the alleged corruption of Mr. MNS and Mr. AAZ poured in from somewhere and went viral on social media. Sooner it was picked by mainstream media and aired with additional spices for the viewers attraction only.
This scribe contacted to the concerned in the Netherlands Government to confirm the information and received the answer as the Netherlands will review the articles next year in the light of latest state of the cases against the above mentioned persons.
The spokesman of the Ministry of Education of Netherlands has shared ,” This is an older textbook, which refers to a news article of that time. It’s very normal to discuss news items, of all sorts, in classrooms. Especially in subjects such as citizenship and social science, to which this book refers”.
“The publisher has informed us the current method is being reviewed for a new edition next year. If articles are outdated or do not display the current facts, they will be replaced, The spokesperson added.
The spokesperson concluded, “We would like to note that in the Netherlands, publishers of school books are responsible for the contents of these books and methods, not the Dutch government.”
Now when, both persons are defending the cases in the courts and have been exonerated in most of the cases so far. Further the new amendment in National Accountability Bureau also became helpful in elimination of some cases against MNS and AAZ. It is expected the curriculum books of Netherlands in the next education year will not be carrying the articles.
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