ISLAMABAD: Education officials in Muslim-majority Pakistan have withdrawn an order that banned university students from celebrating the Hindu festival of Holi after the original notice sparked outrage on social media.
On Tuesday the Higher Education Commission banned campus celebrations of Holi on the grounds it was an "erosion of the country's Islamic identity," after videos appeared on social media showing groups of youngsters dousing each other with colored powder.
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