21.   Violators of the hejab, the Islamic dress code that requires women to be covered from head to toe in public, also have received public beatings.

22.   Violations can result in public beatings.

23.   Zia resurrected public hangings, stoning to death and public beatings, all in keeping with Islamic dictates.

24.   It also came as locals reported brutal public beatings by stick-wielding Taliban of women who they accuse of being improperly dressed.

25.   Residents have already reported brutal public beatings by stick-wielding Taliban of women considered improperly dressed.

26.   The new regulations came into force as locals reported brutal public beatings by stick-wielding Taliban of women who they accuse of failing to dress sufficently modestly.