KARACHI: Institute of Business Management (IoBM) is being widely criticized on social media when a visiting faculty member of the educational shared her experience of getting schooled by a security guard regarding her attire.

According to local report, the faculty member took to Facebook and wrote, “Today, I was rudely stopped at the [IoBM] gate by a weird man who said he was the security head, and told that I wasn’t ‘following the dress code’,” the female faculty wrote.

She added, “Ladies, please help me understand, how I am a security threat?”

Her Facebook post went viral as others joined in to share their stories on how security officials of the educational institutes have ‘humiliated’ them over their attires.

A movement was launched by IoBM students last year when female students made a group on social media to voice out to gain support against ‘moral policing’ of the college management and the security guards.

IoBM, as a result, formed a disciplinary committee against the admins of the group and asked the parents of the students to ensure that their daughters would not wear attires which may be considered inappropriate.

A student stated, “They told our parents that if we keep on wearing inapt clothes, the Taliban might attack our college.”

A journalist, retweeting the teacher’s experience on Twitter, also shared her story of being asked by one of the former presidents of the institute if she was a Muslim because of her dress.

As an 18 year old I went to my CBM entrance interview dressed what I thought was appropriate in gray pants and a black button down shirt — Rahma M Mian (@RahmaMian) October 5, 2017

The President of the institute, former bureaucrat Shahjahan Karim asks me right off the bat if I was Muslim. — Rahma M Mian (@RahmaMian) October 5, 2017

When I said umm yeah? he said: this is no way for muslims to dress. Have respect for the month of ramzan. (it was ramzan) — Rahma M Mian (@RahmaMian) October 5, 2017

I remember sitting there doing the math in my head on whether educating this man was worth it, and decided against it. — Rahma M Mian (@RahmaMian) October 5, 2017

Pervez Jamil, IoBM’s Public Relations officer, said that he does not have the right to comment on the issue.

“You should contact the security in-charge who allegedly stopped the woman, as I am not the relevant official to comment on this issue,” Jamil said.

IoBM’s Security Chief Sartaj Hussain said that he would only give his statement if ‘the media comes in front of him’.