After ‘six-inch gap’ fiasco, Bahria University bifurcates cafeterias

Separate cafeterias are designated to male and female students at Islamabad campus

KARACHI: A month after directing male and female students to maintain a ‘six-inch’ distance between them, the administration of Bahria University Islamabad has taken yet another strange decision, barring female students from using all food outlets except ‘Dean’s Cafeteria’ at the campus.

The order, issued and duly signed by deputy director (Admin & Coordination) Commander (retd) Habibur Rehman on Monday, has directed all female students to avail Deans Cafeteria in Quaid Block whereas all other food outlets in the premises of the university are out of bound for them.

Similarly, all male students are directed to avail Capital Café, Student Café and Daily Grind whereas the Dean’s Café (designated for girls) will be out of bound for them with immediate effect.

According to the notification, disciplinary action will be taken against defaulters.



A member of the staff requesting anonymity said, “When the university is same for boys and girls, classes are same and even laboratories then why not cafeterias?”

According to him, Bahria University is always in news for wrong reasons. “By segregating males from females at university means that we failed to prepare our students to be responsible members of our society,” he said, adding that those continuously coming up with such ideas for students are about to enter in a professional world need to think before issuing such bizarre notifications.

The university came under fire for a notification directing male and female students to maintain a ‘six-inch’ distance between them last month. Male and female students were strictly forbidden from ‘touching’ each other.

When The Express Tribune tried to approach the administration, no one was available to comment on the notification.