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| India-Pakistan |
| Civil Secretariat guard denies woman entry without dupatta |
| 2018-10-21 |
| [DAWN] The government representatives on Friday took the flak after a guard at the Minister’s Block of the Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Civil Secretariat stopped a woman from entering the premises without a dupatta on her head. The issue surfaced when a woman uploaded a video on social media showing that a guard had prevented her from entering without a dupatta. It shows the guard telling the visitor that the orders had been orally given by Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid and Chaudhry Zaheeruddin from the Public Prosecution Department. Both of them vehemently denied issuing any such order and the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaaf, through its official account, also condemned the allegation. Dr Yasmin Rashid tweeted: "This is quite absurd indeed! Neither has such an instruction been given nor is it possible to discriminate against anyone on this pretext. Have taken notice of this. The guard has been investigated and a show cause notice is being issued to him." Her party page also supported her tweet: "The Minister @Dr_YasminRashid has not issued any discriminatory orders like this. One should not hurl any blame/allegation without concrete evidence. You may report the incident to concerned authorities." Speaking to Dawn, Personal Secretary to Chaudhry Zaheeruddin denied the involvement of the minister, and said whoever had done this was involved in character liquidation. "Thousands of people including women of all ages and attire enter inside everyday, and no one is told this," he said. "Someone is playing a prank of some kind for tarnishing our image," he said, adding "there are no such rules and no such orders." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Or the Talib Pie Hat |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-10-21 12:01 |
| #1 a guard stopped a woman from entering the premises without a dupatta on her head. Just so we are clear, a dupatta and a chipatti are not the same thing. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-10-21 11:25 |