KP university issues dress code

Girls not allowed to wear tights, make-up or jewellery

Barely a month after the Hazara University of Mansehra announced a dress code for its students, another university in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the Bacha Khan University (BKU) of Charsadda, has said it will keep an eye on the dress and footwear of the students, staff and faculty.

According to Adviser to Chief Minister of KP, Ziaullah Bangash, the dress code has been introduced in BKU to make the students appreciate their culture and inculcate in them positive values. “We are Muslims and custodians of the great civilisation of the world. Both these aspects should be reflected through our attire,” said Zia Bangash while defending the university’s decision of imposing the dress code.

Under the new dress code, male students will be allowed to wear blue or black trousers, shalwar kameez, coat or jackets.

No cut-off jeans

They will not be allowed to wear shorts, cut-off jeans, skintight jeans, sports shoes, jeans or wristbands, the decision said.

Female students have been directed to wear a black abaya (gown) with white or black scarf and either a white or black shalwar kameez. Footwear has also been restricted to black sandals.

Girls are also not allowed to wear tights, make-up or jewellery, and are forbidden to bring fancy handbags to the university.