Pakistan: Karachi school's registration suspended after students dance on Indian song, wave tricolour during cultural programme
Karachi, Feb 17 (IBNS): The Directorate of Inspection and Registration of Private Institutions Sindh (DIRPIS) in Pakistan has suspended the registration of a school in Karachi city for allegedly promoting Indian culture, media reports said.
The school, which has triggered the controversy, is Mama Baby Care Cambridge School.
"After the suspension, the DIRPIS formed a three-member committee to probe into the matter of school’s function in which students were dancing on an Indian song and waiving national flag of India in the background," reported The News International.
Video of the entire incident has gone viral on social media.
A show cause notice has been sent to the school owner.
According to reports, the owner has been directed to appear before the directorate on Wednesday.
According to DIRPIS registrar Rafia Javed, promoting Indian culture in educational institutions was against Pakistan’s national dignity which could not be tolerated in any circumstances. The action was taken when the directorate came to know that the school had deliberately arranged such a function, reported The News International.
When contacted, the school’s vice-principal Fatima told the newspaper that last week the school management had arranged an annual event for the students to give them awareness about cultures of different countries. It was an open event in which students presented the cultures of Saudi Arab, US, Egypt, Pakistan, India, and other countries. However, some reporters twisted the matter and picked only a specific part of the program to target the school.
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