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Pakistan raises concern over Sri Lankan burqa ban

Pakistan raises concern over Sri Lankan burqa ban

Mar 16, 2021, at 11:11 pm

Islamabad: Days after Sri Lanka announced the plan to ban burqa wearing in public Pakistan has expressed concern over it and said the ban would further strengthen the apprehensions about the situation of minorities in Sri Lanka. 

Sri Lanka to soon ban burqa, shut down several Islamic schools: Minister

Sri Lanka to soon ban burqa, shut down several Islamic schools: Minister

Mar 13, 2021, at 10:38 pm

Colombo: A Sri Lankan Minister has said the country will soon ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools.

Easter Sunday terror attack: Sri Lankan parliamentary committee proposes burqa ban 

Easter Sunday terror attack: Sri Lankan parliamentary committee proposes burqa ban 

Feb 22, 2020, at 09:49 am

Colombo/IBNS: In the wake of the terror attack in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday last year, a Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security in the country has proposed to immediately ban attire such as the burqa and suspend the registration of political parties on an ethnic and religious basis, media reports said.

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