Times of Islamabad

Compulsory Veil for School girls: KP government takes the final decision

Compulsory Veil for School girls: KP government takes the final decision

PESHAWAR – Over the much hyped issue of Compulsory Veil for School girls,KP government takes the final decision of backtracking on the earlierinstructions.

Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has withdrawndecision of declaring veil compulsory for female students of secondary andhigher secondary government educational institutions.

According to details, the move was taken in the morning but retracted inthe evening, creating confusion for schools’ management, students and theirparents.

Sources told that the initial directive was defended by the localgovernment representatives as required if school-going girls were toprotect themselves against indecent incidents.