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Afghanistan: Taliban issues diktat, directs female TV presenters to wear masks while going live

Kabul:  The Taliban’s Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prohibition of Vice has issued yet another bizarre diktat by which female TV presenters are directed to wear masks while going live.

Afghanistan: Taliban orders female UN staff to wear hijab 

Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban rulers issued yet another bizarre diktat as they directed female staff members of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) to wear the hijab, media reports said.

UN expresses concern over Taliban's hijab order

United Nations: UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous on Monday voiced concern over the Taliban's new restrictions on Afghan women.

Antonio Guterres expresses concern over Taliban's latest decree on Afghanistan women needing to cover their faces in public

New York: UN chief Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the Taliban's latest decree by which women in Afghanistan need to cover their faces in public.

Pakistan: Imran Khan govt plans to promote hijab to counter Aurat March

Islamabad: Imran Khan-led PTI government in Pakistan is planning to hail wearing hijab in order to promote conservatism during the Aurat March to be held next month, a think tank has claimed on Tuesday.

Afghanistan: Taliban ban TV series showing women minus hijab

Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The Taliban have forbidden Afghan media to broadcast foreign TV series violating Sharia law including playing soundtracks and showing women without wearing hijab, according to information gathered via Afghan colleagues.

Afghanistan crisis: Taliban spokesman says woman in Hijab will be able to get education, work

Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Afghan women in hijab will have access to education and work, Taliban (banned in Russia) spokesman Suhail Shaheen said, adding that the United States should not try to change the culture of the country.

Pakistan: Karachi woman directed to shun Hijab at work or resign, sparks social media storm

Karachi, Oct 20 (IBNS): In perhaps one of the first of its kinds incident in Muslim-majority Pakistan, a woman employee of a Karachi City-based software company was asked to stop wearing hijab at her workplace or resign from her job.

Canada: Attack on Muslim girl did not happen, say Toronto police

Toronto, Jan 16 (IBNS): In a surprising statement, the Toronto police on Tuesday said an alleged attack on an 11-year old Muslim girl, whose hijab was reportedly cut, did not happen, media reports said.

Hijab wearing student barred from taking exam

Montreal, Oct 4 (IBNS): A female Muslim student who denied taking off her hijab at the time of her examination, now gets accommodated in a Montreal Junior college to take her exam.