{"id":234035,"date":"2019-09-17T10:23:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T05:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=234035"},"modified":"2019-09-17T10:24:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T05:24:55","slug":"after-public-backlash-kp-govt-withdraws-mandatory-burqa-order-for-female-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/after-public-backlash-kp-govt-withdraws-mandatory-burqa-order-for-female-students\/","title":{"rendered":"After Public Backlash, KP Govt Withdraws Mandatory Abaya Order for Female Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently government officials in Peshawar ordered schoolgirls to come to school all covered up, making it compulsory to don an abaya in order ‘ to avoid unethical incidents<\/em>‘. After severe public backlash, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Chief Minister took back the order.<\/p>\n

It’s a good thing that announcement came in time. Generally speaking,\u00a0 women in Peshawar are already modest in terms of their choice of attire.<\/p>\n

But to ask these young girls to cover up more despite the existing cultural norms in KP? This is deeply problematic for many reasons. People are not ok with the authorities implying that it is women who are responsible for any assault they face. Talk about blaming the victim rather than the perpetrator.<\/p>\n

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Good thing that saner minds prevailed and the notification was retracted by KP’s Chief Minister, Shaukat Yousafzai.<\/p>\n

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KP Government doesn\u2019t believe in compulsion, and citizens are free to decide what\u2019s best for them. The notification circulating regarding compulsion of Abaya for the girls is hereby withdrawn with immediate effect#KPKUpdates<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/1LhhwEX33V<\/a><\/p>\n

— PTI (@PTIofficial) September 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n