"We are happy with the media channels that they implemented this responsibility in a good manner."Īkhundzada's decree orders authorities to fire women government employees if they fail to follow the new dress code. "We have no intention of removing them from the public scene or sidelining them or stripping them of their right to work," Mohajir told AFP. Ministry spokesman Mohammad Akif Sadeq Mohajir said authorities had no plans to force female presenters out of their jobs. Women presenters had previously only been required to wear a headscarf. "TOLOnews was compelled and we were forced to wear it." "But TOLOnews was pressured and told that any female presenter who appeared on screen without covering her face must be given some other job or simply removed," she said. "We resisted and were against wearing a mask," Sonia Niazi, a presenter with TOLOnews, told AFP. Wearing full hijabs and face-covering veils that left only their eyes in view, women presenters and reporters aired morning news bulletins across leading channels like TOLOnews, Ariana Television, Shamshad TV and 1TV. The feared Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice ordered women TV presenters to follow suit from Saturday.īut women presenters defied the order and went on air with their faces visible, only to fall in line with the directive on Sunday.
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