KUALA LUMPUR -- Business establishments in the capital of the Malaysia's opposition-ruled Kelantan state have been told to pull down posters and advertisements showing women without headscarves.

They have been asked to use pictures of men, instead, to adhere to the Islamic policy of the Parti Islam Memalaysia (PAS) state government, according to a report in the Malay-language daily, Berita Harian Malaysia on Friday.

The directive was issued after many of these establishments were found to have displayed posters of Western women and non-Muslim Malaysian women in their premises.

The Kelantan state's capital Kota Baharu Town Council President Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman said that the posters and advertisements would have to be removed within seven days of receipt of the notice. (IRNA)