PESHAWAR: Hospitals in Peshawar have received threatening letters from local militants warning their doctors against wearing western clothing to work, DawnNews reported.

Doctors from two of Peshawar’s major hospitals, Hayatabad Medical Complex and Khyber Teaching Hospital have confirmed receiving these threats.

The hospital administrations have circulated the information to all wards, and have asked their staff to take precautionary measures.

Meanwhile, the hospital administrations have not ruled out the possibility that the letters could be fake and may have been issued to create panic.

According to sources, the letter has also been forwarded to the NWFP Inspector General of Police. 

The move comes against a background of heightened Taliban activity, with militants targeting barber-shops, music stores and shrines in their bid for moral policing.