INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
PESHAWAR: Hours after the Peshawar district administration made it mandatory for female students of government-run schools to cover
themselves up, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has issued directives to withdraw a notification, saying it was issued
without government consent.Speaking to a news outlet, Secretary Education Arshad Khan said that the government would rescind the
notification on Tuesday (today)."KP Government doesn''t believe in compulsion, and citizens are free to decide what best for them
The notification circulating regarding compulsion of Abaya for the girls is hereby withdrawn with immediate effect," wrote PTI on its
official Twitter account.
Earlier on Monday, the decision was enforced in Peshawar through a notification issued by District Education
Officer Samina Ghani, directing the heads of all government-run schools in the district to instruct their female students to use gown, abaya
or chadar "in order to protect them from any unethical incident".Adviser to KP CM on Education Ziaullah Bangash was reported to have said
that the decision had been made keeping in view the traditions and religious values, adding that parents should remove their fears and get
their girls educated.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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