The Hon. Muneer Mulaffer - Deputy Minister of Religious and Cultural Affairs
Raised a point of order to clarify that Muslim representatives have been appointed in relation to the Department of Archaeology, naming Prof. Hussainmiya of South Eastern University and Prof. Farzana Haniffa of the University of Colombo. He added that suitable and qualified persons would also be selected and appointed to other committees.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Madam, I rise to a point of order.
¶ 02 Regarding the statement that no Muslims were appointed in relation to the Department of Archaeology: we have appointed Prof. Hussainmiya, Visiting Lecturer at South Eastern University, and Prof. Farzana Haniffa of the University of Colombo. In other committees too, we will select and appoint suitable and qualified persons.
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Cite as: The Hon. Muneer Mulaffer - Deputy Minister of Religious and Cultural Affairs. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 15 November 2025. No. 22870. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/29045