Pakistan: Lawmaker Seeks Ban On ‘Sinful’ Beard Styles

By Zahid Hussain Khan

A female Pakistani lawmaker has called for a ban on trimming beards into fashionable styles, terming it a grave sin.

Rukhsana Kausar, a member of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party, tabled a resolution in the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday seeking a crackdown on barbers “for...