‘Civilizing’ Mission: Black Abaya Made Compulsory at Islamia University Bahawalpur

Islamia Uni­ver­si­ty Bahawalpur, the only pub­lic sec­tor uni­ver­si­ty of Bahawalpur and one of the old­est and largest in Pak­istan, has recent­ly made wear­ing the black abaya com­pul­so­ry for its female stu­dents of MBA depart­ment. Accord­ing to an offi­cial noti­fi­ca­tion at the end of March, uni­form was made com­pul­so­ry which includ­ed abaya or black gown with black […]