Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa distributes burqas among school girls

Islamabad: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has distributed burqas among female students in a girls’ model school in Cheena village of Rustam Valley.
The authorities here, with the help of funds provided by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) former district council member, Muzaffar Shah, distributed 69 burqas among students in the girls’ school, The Express Tribune reported.
“I had decided to purchase chadors for the female students, but after consultation with local leaders, I bought the burqas,” Shah was quoted as saying.
He said all the burqas were worth Rs 100,000, adding that they were distributed free of cost to students of Government Girls Middle School, Cheena.
The village councillor also said that his action was inspired by the recent notification by the adviser to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief minister on Elementary and Secondary Education, Ziaullah Bangash, directing girls to observe ‘purdah’.
“I took the decision after the recent notification issued of our adviser on education to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief minister and the act is purely for the providing a secured education environment to the female students in the area,” he said.