Pak prof tells hijab not needed in class, gets threats

February 01, 2012 13:35

A senior professor of a reputed medical college in Pakistan's most populous Punjab province has received threats after he asked a student not to wear the 'hijab' or headscarf in his classes.

Shaharyar, head of the oncology department of King Edward Medical University in Lahore, had asked a girl attending a fourth-year MBBS class not to wear the hijab. "It's better if you wear the hijab outside the classroom," Shaharyar had said while delivering a lecture a few days ago.

Shaharyar said: "I have received threatening messages on my cell phone. I have done nothing wrong as I had just told the girl student that the hijab was unnecessary in class."

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