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Boutiques forced to remove mannequins in Peshawar
 Peshawar police have asked shopkeepers to remove mannequins from boutiques on University Road. University Road Tajjir Ittehad president Amjad Ali Qadri told Daily Times, The SSP operations asked us to remove these mannequins as he claimed the chief minister said they were vulgar and obscene. We demanded the orders in written form and thus far have received no such missive. The University Town SHO then asked us to turn the faces of the mannequins inward. We complied because it doesnt affect the advertisement of clothing worn by them. Qadri said, We discussed the matter with the chief of capital city police but he told us that he had no knowledge of the matter. He said mannequins were all over the city and the government had no right to remove them from shops on only one road. The government should compensate the shopkeepers for the mannequins removal, he added. Aftab Butt of Butt Saris said, The mannequins have nothing to do with obscenity and are placed to attract customers. We have been asked to remove them in the past as well. People shouldnt make problems where there are none, there are many other wrongs in society which need government attention more than mere mannequins. According to Aftab there are over 80-90 boutiques on University Road with 700-800 employees. We are competing with Lahore and Karachi and this kind of behaviour is senseless. City police chief Abdul Majeed Marwat denied any such order. Posted by: Fred 2007-04-15 |
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