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Article: Madhya Pradesh imbibes family planning lessons from Pakistan
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- The Hindustan Times
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- December 28, 2006
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Bhopal, Dec 28 -- Madhya Pradesh government of Bharatiya Janta Party has been inspired from the most unlikely of places - Pakistan - to devise a family planning programme for the Muslim community based on a 'Pakistani model' that advocates use the religious texts and clerics for awareness campaign as well as the mosque to distribute contraceptives.
"What comes in the way of family planning is ignorance and not religion. The community should come out of darkness (unawareness). The state government would follow the example of Pakistan, which has reportedly decided to distribute contraceptives at mosques and involve clerics in spreading family planning awareness", state Health Minister Ajay ...