Feminist Peace Network

Going to school is getting increasingly difficult for girls in Pakistan.

“Amidst fears of bombings in February this year, at least five private schools, including three in Peshawar, temporarily closed down after receiving letters warning teachers and pupils to wear ‘burqas’.”

Now girls attending the Higher Secondary Girls School in the town of Oghi are being forced to wear burqas.

“”We received a threatening letter, and asked the students and their parents to cooperate and wear the ‘burqa’ for the safety of the 800 pupils at the school,” Aftab Bibi, the vice-principal of the school, told IRIN.

The unsigned letter, which the school authorities said had been handed over to police, warned the school could face “serious consequences” if the ‘burqa’ was not made “compulsory” for pupils.

So far, police and the local authorities have not taken any action.”

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