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  "board": "PCTB",
  "boardName": "Punjab",
  "boardFull": "Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board, Lahore",
  "class": "8",
  "classSort": 8,
  "subject": "History",
  "medium": "English",
  "pages": 96,
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  "textTier": "native",
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  "file": "pctb-punjab/class-8/history-8-en.pdf",
  "year": null,
  "acquired": "2026-08-21",
  "sha256": "81be261df19b48cf7bf5254077e0ca1c5fb7b694cb9c8bc4733e49b2e5c5a46d",
  "title": "8th Class History (UM) Textbook in PDF by Punjab Board",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.taleem360.com/download/8th-class-history-um-textbook-in-pdf-by-punjab-board-sxc",
  "scores": {
    "A1": 4,
    "A2": 3,
    "A3": 3,
    "A4": 5,
    "A5": 5,
    "A6": 3,
    "A7": 3
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    {
      "id": "e01",
      "lens": "religion",
      "axis": "A1",
      "score": 4,
      "kind": "quotation",
      "page": 67,
      "pageBasis": "printed folio",
      "tier": "native",
      "text": "Providential causation three times in the book's own voice: \"with the grace of Allah Almighty, made the impossible possible\" (p.67), \"with the blessings of Allah Almighty, Pakistan succeeded\" (p.74), \"By the grace of Allah Almighty… Pakistan had been created\" (p.81); Sir Syed \"proved that both are divine books\" (Ch.2); 1965 army \"filled with the spirit of Jihad\" (p.87)."
    },
    {
      "id": "e02",
      "lens": "civics",
      "axis": "A2",
      "score": 3,
      "kind": "quotation",
      "page": null,
      "pageBasis": "printed folio",
      "tier": "native",
      "text": "The corpus's largest middle-school constitutional load, but purely historical: Objectives Resolution list (\"Fundamental rights shall be guaranteed to its citizens.\" / \"The Judiciary shall be independent.\" folio 80) and \"The 1973 Constitution guarantees fundamental rights to the citizens of Pakistan.\" folio 84 followed by a bare list. No article numbers, no remedy, no court"
    },
    {
      "id": "e03",
      "lens": "history",
      "axis": "A3",
      "score": 5,
      "kind": "absence",
      "page": null,
      "pageBasis": "printed folio",
      "tier": "native",
      "text": "Zero occurrences of \"primary source\"/\"secondary source\". Inquiry verbs are stipulated-conclusion prompts: \"Generate a class discussion/debate to conclude the reason behind the Two-Nation Theory\" (history-8-en · f.27); \"Analyze the reasons behind the two-nation theory of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan\" (f.16 SLO). 1971 is six sentences, wholly externalised: \"In 1971 CE, India intervened in the internal affairs of Pakistan by supporting the Bengali separatists of the East Pakistan… The Pakistani army fought bravely\" (f.89) — no surrender, no causes, no Pakistani actor. 1965: \"the Armed Forces of Pakistan, filled with the spirit of Jihad defeated the Indian Army\" (f.87). Ch.5 leaps 1971 → Afghan War → six named army operations to Radd-ul-Fassad 2017; no Bhutto, Zia, Musharraf or post-1971 civilian politics. Summary point: \"Ayub Khan introduced many reforms in Pakistan\" (f.92)."
    },
    {
      "id": "e04",
      "lens": "patriotism",
      "axis": "A5",
      "score": 5,
      "kind": "quotation",
      "page": null,
      "pageBasis": "printed folio",
      "tier": "native",
      "text": "\"the Armed Forces of Pakistan, filled with the spirit of Jihad defeated the Indian Army\" (history-8-en · line 2789). Ayub quoted: \"Advance manfully and attack the enemy fiercely. May Allah Almighty support and protect you\" (· line 2816). A dedicated section, The Contribution of the Pakistan Army in the War on Terrorism, lists six named operations — Wana, Sherdil, Rah-e-Rast, Rah-e-Nijat, Zarb-e-Azb, Radd-ul-Fassad (· lines 2893–2910), examined by MCQ (· line 2953). A chapter SLO requires pupils to \"Identify the contributions of the Pakistan Army in the War on Terrorism\" (· line 2388); two full-width \"Pakistan Army\" photo captions (· lines 2891, 2916)"
    },
    {
      "id": "e05",
      "lens": "othering",
      "axis": "A6",
      "score": 4,
      "kind": "quotation",
      "page": 20,
      "pageBasis": "printed folio",
      "tier": "native",
      "text": "Bloc noun with collective disposition, carried past 1947. \"In the beginning, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan made efforts for Hindu-Muslim unity which could not be successful due to the negative attitude of Hindus.\" (p.20). \"Hindus' mentality was exposed as they were not ready to accommodate Muslims.\" (p.52). \"The Quit India meant the withdrawal of the British Government from India and handing over powers to Hindus. Hindus, in their majority provinces, created the problem of law and order by setting Government-buildings on fire and disconnecting electric wires\" and \"Hindus would never provide justice to Muslims.\" (p.65). Causes of the 1965 war open with: \"Pakistan was established against the wishes of Hindus. They had never accepted Pakistan as an independent country. Progress and stability of Pakistan was a major concern for Hindus. So, they started launching aggressive actions against Pakistan.\" (p.87). Pirpur Report allegations reported as fact (p.58); Congress ministries \"planned to eliminate the identity of the Muslims\" (p.58)."
    },
    {
      "id": "e06",
      "lens": "othering",
      "axis": "A6",
      "score": 1,
      "kind": "quotation",
      "page": 68,
      "pageBasis": "printed folio",
      "tier": "native",
      "text": "A dedicated two-page section, \"Role of Minorities in the Establishment of Pakistan\" (pp.68–69), with photographs. \"The minorities, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Parsi etc. also contributed their role in the establishment of Pakistan\"; names Diwan Bahadur Satya Parkash Singha, Ch. Chandu Lal, CE Gibbon, FE Chaudary, SS Albert, \"Jugader Nath Mandil\" [Jogendra Nath Mandal, book's spelling], Jamshed Nusserwanji Mehta, Joshva Fazal Din, Baba Gewin Singh. \"all Christian members of the Assembly voted for the division of Punjab\" (p.69). The reviewer panel includes Prof. Anjum James Paul, a Christian educator (title page)."
    },
    {
      "id": "e07",
      "lens": "othering",
      "axis": "A6",
      "score": 3,
      "kind": "quotation",
      "page": 17,
      "pageBasis": "printed folio",
      "tier": "native",
      "text": "Historical adversary, double-edged. \"After this War, the British were revengeful against the natives\" and \"they considered Muslims as the permanent threat to their Government\" (p.17) — yet Sir Syed's loyalty to the British is presented approvingly (p.21). No economic critique of colonialism and no modernisation counter-narrative."
    },
    {
      "id": "e08",
      "lens": "gender",
      "axis": "A7",
      "score": 3,
      "kind": "observation",
      "page": 62,
      "pageBasis": "printed folio",
      "tier": "native",
      "text": "Dedicated section Role of Women and Students in Pakistan Movement (native text, printed pp.62–63), 7 named women — see §5.1"
    }
  ],
  "curriculum": "SNC 2022",
  "edition": "2022-23",
  "editionNote": "Single National Curriculum 2022, Experimental Edition",
  "note": "Native digital text, the highest-fidelity book in the Punjab set, cited by printed folio. Five chapters carry the entire colonial and Pakistan Movement narrative for the whole 6-8 sequence, plus the corpus's only full World Wars chapter. Partition violence is essentially absent: migration appears, massacres do not. A4 is 5. 1971 gets six sentences with India as sole agent (f.89), no surrender and no Pakistani decision-maker, and chapter 5 leaps to the Afghan War and six army operations ending at Radd-ul-Fassad 2017. A5 5 and A1 4 share one seam: the 1965 army \"filled with the spirit of Jihad\" (p.87), and creation attributed to divine favour three times in the book's own voice (pp.67, 74, 81). But it is double-natured. Pages 68-69 carry a photographed section, \"Role of Minorities in the Establishment of Pakistan\", naming Satya Parkash Singha, C.E. Gibbon and Jogendra Nath Mandal(A6 1), while p.65 says \"Hindus would never provide justice to Muslims\" (A6 4). Seven women of the Movement appear at pp.62-63, held at A7 3 because six are introduced by a male relative. The extraction strips Arabic script, so the honorific count is an artefact.",
  "_license": "CC BY 4.0 — attribute to the Textbook Evidence Project.",
  "_note": "Scores are measured properties of text, not verdicts. Read /method/ before using them.",
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