Claim: A notification has been issued claiming that the barbers are now forbidden from styling their customers’ beard
Fact: This was a fake notification according to the Balochistan Government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani
A notification stating that barbers who style their customer’s beards will be charged with blasphemy is doing the rounds on social media.
However, Spokesperson of the Balochistan Government, Liaquat Shahwani said that the notification is fake.
“Balochistan Govt has got nothing to do with personal matters of citizens”, wrote Shahwani on Twitter.
Earlier, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) MPA Rukhsana Kausar had tabled a resolution in the provincial house of Punjab seeking a ban on beard styling and action against men with fashionable beards as well as their barbers. However, it was never implemented.
VERDICT: FALSE
