Pakistan private schools ban Malala book

 Malala Yousafzai

Report from Pakistan states that Private schools association in the Country say Taliban victim's work (Malala Yousafzai's work) is "tool of the West" and does not represent Pakistan. 

With this development, Private schools in Pakistan have banned the teenage education activist, Malala's book, calling her and her works, tools of the West.

Malala Yousafzai, who attracted global attention last year when the Taliban shot her in the head northwest Pakistan for criticising the group also released a memoir in October, I Am Malala,' which was co-written with British journalist Christina Lamb. Read more after the cut.

According to the report from Pakistan, Adeeb Javedani, the president of the All Pakistan Private Schools Management Association, said on Sunday that his group banned Malala's book from the libraries of its 40,000 affiliated schools, saying "Malala was representing the West, not Pakistan".

Kashif Mirza, the chairman of the All Pakistan Private Schools Federation, said his group also has banned Malala's book in its affiliated schools.

Malala "was a role model for children, but this book has made her controversial", Mirza said. "Through this book, she became a tool in the hands of the Western powers."

He said the book did not show enough respect for Islam because it mentioned Prophet Muhammad's name without using the abbreviation PBUH - "peace be upon him" - as is customary in many parts of the Muslim world.

Malala has become an international hero for opposing the Taliban and standing up for girls' education. But conspiracy theories have flourished in Pakistan that her shooting was staged to create a hero for the West.

The conspiracy theories around Malala reflect the level of influence that right-wing groups sympathetic to the Taliban have in Pakistan.

They also reflect the poor state of education in Pakistan, where fewer than half the country's children ever complete a basic, primary education.

Millions of children attend private school throughout the country because of the poor state of the public system.

What's your state on this? Is this act by the Pakistanis right or wrong? Please, state your mind.