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Pakistan summons Indian envoy to Islamabad over Karnataka hijab ban
Updated On: 10 February, 2022 11:54 AM IST | Islamabad | ANI
The Hijab protests began on February 4 at the Government Girls PU college in Udupi district in Karnataka when some students alleged that they had been barred from attending classes wearing hijab (a headscarf worn by Muslim women)
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Pakistan has summoned India`s Charge d`Affaires in Islamabad over an ongoing hijab row in Karnataka, according to a media report.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Foreign Office said that the Indian Charge d`Affaires was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was conveyed the government`s "grave concern and condemnation on the deeply reprehensible act" of banning Muslim students from wearing hijab in Karnataka, Daily Pakistan reported on Thursday.
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