SRINAGAR, (PTK): The traditional Kashmiri , Pheran, became a centre of controversy after an official of Education department in north Kashmir ordered employees not to wear Pheran on duty. The order was revoked after facing backlash on social media Tuesday.
The controversy started when the zonal education officer of Langate issued a circular banning pheran, traditional trousers and sleeper/plastic shoes in his office.
Under fire, the education department on Tuesday withdrew the order in a bid to put an end to the raging controversy. “Teachers were coming to the office wearing sleepers and trousers. He the (zonal education officer) had reprimanded them not to do so. Then he issued an order in which he also included the pheran. Since pheran is our cultural dress, we have withdrawn the order,” Mohommad Shafi War, chief education officer, Kupwara, told Press Trust of Kashmir. (PTK)
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