ISLAMABAD – Bahria University in Islamabad has established a ‘proper’ dresscode for its female students. In a message being attributed to the directorthat is circulating on Whatsapp, the university informed its femalestudents that they will be fined Rs5,000 if they wear “jeans, tights,trousers or short shirts”.
In the past, the university has enforced similar discriminatory rules suchas asking students to maintain a “6-inch distancelink”and barring female studentslinkfromusing all food outlets except ‘Dean’s Cafeteria’ at the campus.
Apparently, the only acceptable dress code is “shalwar with a long shirt”and a mandatory dupatta. The university notes that such a rule has beenmade due to “several unethical observations” and with the consent ofparents and faculty members.
“Certain rules need to be followed as they are otherwise you may faceconsequences because it is from the higher authority.”
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It is better to be “safe than sorry”, the notification notes, for all thestudents are “supposed to show a bit of compliance with the law or follow aproper channel against it”.
The orders are supposed to be in effect by January 14, 2019.
