Pakistan’s Minister for Higher Education has announced that girls who cover their faces will be given extra college credits. Minister Syed Raza Ali Gilani made the remarks while speaking at an Education Board meeting on Tuesday.
Minister Gilani said that girls who attend public college should be required to wear the Hijab, The Minister said:
Female students should be required to wear the Hijab, and as an incentive, the Department of Education will allocate 5 extra attendance credits to those who have less than 65% attendance.
The statement caused outrage among students and many took to Twitter to condemn the Minister’s statement.
After the uproar on social media Minister Gilani backtracked on his statement and said:
“It is only a proposal, no incentive has been given yet,”
However, the provincial government rejected the report calling it “absolutely wrong”.
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