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India-Pakistan
Taliban ban tight men's clothing in Waziristan
2013-07-14
[Dawn] The Pak Taliban have banned tight or see-through clothing for men, threatening to impose a fine and shutter businesses selling the items, traders from the country's restive tribal belt said Saturday.
Nobody's hunting the Talibs down and hanging them so I guess nobody minds.
Shopkeepers in Wana, the main town of South Wazoo tribal district along the Afghan border told AFP the written warning came ahead of the Mohammedan holy month of Ramzan which began on Thursday in Pakistain.

"All such clothes which are of a thin material and which do not properly cover men's bodies are un-Islamic and against Pashtun culture," said the pamphlet, distributed in Wana bazaar.

It warned that any shopkeeper found selling such items will be charged a fine of 5000 rupees ($50) and will also see his shop closed for at least five days.

The pamphlet also warned male residents "not to wear such clothes."

A government official in Wana confirmed the written warning and told AFP that the local Death Eater groups had previously banned the sale of tight or see-through clothes for women.

South Waziristan is one of seven districts that make up Pakistain's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The semi-autonomous region of mountains, valleys and caves is one of the most deprived and ill-educated in the country.

Talibs in Pakistain have often targeted shops selling music and films that they say break Islamic moral codes.
Posted by:Fred

#4  "Tight crotchless pants for sheep still ok though."

FTFY, new(?) addition to our Army of Steves. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara   2013-07-14 17:36  

#3  Tight pants for sheep still ok though.
Posted by: Steven   2013-07-14 16:52  

#2  no Abercrombie & Fitch for the Pak hipster doods
Posted by: Frank G   2013-07-14 11:32  

#1  I thought the Pak army/Govt was in control of South Waziristan?
Posted by: Paul D   2013-07-14 06:02  

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