சிறுமிகள் புர்கா போட விரும்பவில்லை என்று குண்டு வீசி தாக்குதல்

நான் பள்ளிக்கூடத்தில் படிக்க விரும்புகிறேன் ஆனால் புர்காவில் செல்ல விரும்பவில்லை என்று சிறுமிகள் கூறுகின்றனர். ஆனால், இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாத ஆண்கள் புர்கா போடாத சிறுமிகள் செல்லும் பள்ளிக்கூடத்தை குண்டு வைத்து தாக்குவோம் என்று அறிவித்து அதே போல தாக்கவும் செய்கிறார்கள்.

'I want to study, but not in a burqa'
By IE
Tuesday December 18, 06:27 PM

Little girls in the militancy-hit Swat Valley in northwestern Pakistan hate a diktat issued by pro-Taliban rebels to attend school in burqas.

Burqas are the only option some girls' schools in northwestern Pakistan have against being shut down or worse, being bombed.

"I want to study, but not in a burqa," said Shah Rukh, a 12-year-old girl enrolled at a primary school at Saidu Sharif in Swat.

Shah Rukh is just one of many girls who have learnt to speak out against the burqa diktat in the picturesque Valley.

"My 11-year-old daughter cries every morning when she has to wear the burqa," Mohammad Roshan, who teaches history at Jahanzeb College in Saidu Sharif, one of the main towns of Swat, told Newsline magazine.

In a private school in Mingora, the headquarters of Swat district, students were enraged when their principal received a letter from militants saying they would shut down the school.

"It is our right to get education," one of the girls in the school said.

A parent said his daughter "is constantly told by her teachers to attend school in a head-to-toe veil ever since the principal of the school received a letter of threat".

Several girls' schools in Swat have received letters with warnings that they will be blown up if the students do not attend classes in burqas.