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KP Bars Male Faculty–Female Student Office Meetings as Islamia College Enforces No-Contact Rule

Sindh separately outlawed photography in girls' colleges to curb image misuse.

Overview

  • KP’s Higher Education Department ordered public universities to stop male teachers from meeting female students in their offices.
  • Universities must nominate a female faculty member in every department to receive student complaints under the directive.
  • Mandatory awareness seminars and quarterly workshops on the Protection Against Harassment Act 2010 and HEC policies were instructed.
  • The KP chief minister ordered an inquiry at the University of Peshawar and sought compliance reports, with the department to file regular progress updates.
  • Islamia College Peshawar’s Political Science department banned direct contact across genders, barred office visits, appointed gender-specific coordinators, and required prior NOC for opposite‑gender meetings.