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Karnataka hijab ban: Pakistan summons Indian envoy to Islamabad, expresses 'grave concerns'

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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Photo for representational purpose. Pic/PTI

Photo for representational purpose. Pic/PTI

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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