KP withdraws notification declaring burqa mandatory for school girls

Peshawar: Chief minister Peshawar, Mahmood Khan has issued directives to withdraw notification by the education department declaring burqa a must for government school girls.

All the heads of government-run girls schools were directed to “instruct all the students to use Gown/Abaya or Chadar to veil/conceal/cover up”, according to the first notification issued.

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However, KP Information Minister Shaukat Yousafzai said the provincial government has instructed the officials, who had issued the notification, to withdraw it.

“Covering yourself is a religious obligation and part of the culture, but it cannot be implemented forcefully,” the minister said.