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THE COMPULSORY TEACHING OF THE HOLY QURAN 
 ACT, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CONTENTS 
  
 
1.  Short title, application and commencement. 
2.  Definition. 
3.  Compulsory teaching of the Holy Quran. 
4.  Power to make rules. 
5.  Act not to be derogatory to any other law. 
  
 

 
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THE COMPULSORY TEACHING OF THE HOLY QURAN ACT, 2017 
ACT NO. XXX OF 2017 
                       [Islamabad, 30th August, 2017] 
An Act to provide for making compulsory teaching of the Holy Quran to 
Muslim   students in all educational institutions 
WHEREAS  it is expedient to provide for making compulsory teaching of the Holy Quran to 
Muslim students  in all educational  institutions in the Islamabad Capital Territory and in all the public 
sector educational institutions owned and controlled by the Federal Government wherever they may 
be and for matters  connected therewith and ancillary thereto; 
It is hereby enacted as follows: 
1.  Short title, application and commencement.(1)  This Act may be called the Compulsory 
Teaching of the Holy Quran Act,  2017. 
  (2)  It shall apply to only Muslim students in all educational institutions 
 (a)   in the Islamabad Capital Territory; and 
 (b)  owned and controlled by the Federal Government wherever they may be. 
 (3)  It shall come into force at once. 
2.  Definition. Unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,  
 (a)     “appropriate Government “shall  have the same meaning as assigned to this 
expression in the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act,2012 (XXIV of 
2012); 
 (b)  “educational institution” means any school, college, institute or otherwise , by 
whatever name called for, established and setup in public or private sector for 
imparting education to students irrespective of its status whether   registered   or 
not registered with  the  appropriate Government or any other body; 
 (c)   “Naazrah Quran” means recitation  by sighting of the Arabic text;  
 (d)  “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; and 
 (e)  “rules” means rules made under this Act. 
3. Compulsory teaching of the Holy Quran.(1) There shall be, in all educational institutions, 
compulsory teaching of 
 (a)       the Naazrah Quran  in  classes, grades or,  as the case may  be,  levels  I to V in  
prescribed  manner;  and 
 
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 (b)     the translation  of the Holy Quran  in  classes ,  grades or,  as the case may be , 
levels  VI to XI I  in  such prescribed  manner so that the entire Holy  Quran  is 
completed  upto class, grade  or  as the case  may be level XII. 
  (2) The Minister-in-charge of the appropriate Government shall ensure implementation of this 
Act in the manner as may be prescribed. 
4. Power to make  rules. The Minister-in-charge of the appropriate Government may , by 
notification in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. 
5.  Act not to be derogatory to any other law. The provisions of this Act shall be in addition 
to, and not in derogation of, any other law for the time being in force. 
 
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