ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission has made it compulsory to teach the Holy Quran with translation in all universities across the country.
The Higher Education Commission has issued a notification to all the universities, according to which the degree will not be issued to the student without reading the Holy Quran with translation.
The notification further states that there will be no marks and credit hours for teaching Quran. The Higher Education Commission in its notification said that this course will be compulsory for undergraduate students from the autumn semester of 2023.
According to the notification, necessary arrangements should be made to teach Quran, Tajweed, and Tafsir with translation to the students in all universities and vice chancellors of universities across the country should ensure the implementation of this decision.