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Pakistan: Women stage march demanding release of Haq Do Tehreek chief
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
A demonstration by women wearing burqas calling for Maulana Hidayat's release was witnessed on Monday. Maasi Zainab, the female face of the Gwadar agitation, has captivated the nation's attention for more than a year.
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Moradabad college builds changing room where female students can remove bu
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Following an uproar after students were denied entry for wearing burqa in Moradabad Hindu Degree College, the college administration constructed a changing room at the college gate to change burqa on Thursday.
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"Those opposing burqa should be paraded naked": Ex-SP MLA Zameer Ullah Kha
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
If girls want to wear a burqa, there should be no ban on it and those who ban it should be paraded around naked, said the Former SP MLA Zameer Ullah Khan
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UP: Girls denied entry to Moradabad college for wearing burqa; professors
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The girls have alleged that their college was not letting them enter the college campus wearing burqa and are compelling them to remove it at the entrance gate.
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Newest social media sensation: A mother of four who delivers items on foot
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A burqa-clad woman, who simply goes by the name Rizwana, is the newest sensation on social media as she delivers disposable goods in Swiggy delivery bag on foot.
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Karnataka: 4 students suspended for 'burqa' dance
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Four students have been suspended from a Mangaluru college for dancing in 'burqa'. The college administration initiated a probe after their video went viral.
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Taliban deny entry of female students in campus for not wearing Burqa
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Taliban crackdown on Afghan women and girls continues as one of the Taliban guards barred female students from entering the campus for not wearing a Burqa on Sunday.
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Man harasses burqa-clad woman in Pakistan, gropes her from behind
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): A burqa-clad Pakistani woman was harassed by an unidentified man who groped her from behind in day time in the country's capital Islamabad, a video of the incident that is gone viral revealed.
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Ex-Afghan Prez Karzai decries Taliban's all-covering burqa decree
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 22 (ANI): Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in an exclusive interview with CNN, slammed Taliban's recent decree to ask women to cover their faces, saying Burqa is not an Afghan tradition.
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Burqa impostion in Afghanistan: US says it has 'leverage to wield with Tal
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 11 (ANI): In the wake of a recent Taliban decree ordering compulsory all-covering burqa for women in Afghanistan's public places, the US has called for an "end to these restrictive measures".
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US envoy to UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield terms Taliban's burqa imposition 'u
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 10 (ANI): Reacting to the Taliban's burqa imposition on Afghan women, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda, Thomas-Greenfield, said "what they did today is unconscionable."
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Canada condemns Taliban's decision to oblige women to wear burqa in Afghan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], May 8 (ANI): Canada has condemned the recent decision by the Taliban to oblige women to wear the all-covering burqa in public places in Afghanistan.
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