At the same time, students in Pakistan are enjoying receiving a nine-day midterm holiday while the country gets ready for the February 8 general elections.
The Sindh Education Department announced on Thursday that from February 6 to February 9, all colleges, universities, and private and public schools will be closed.
In celebration of Kashmir Solidarity Day on February 5, the government has already proclaimed it a public holiday. Furthermore, students will have an extra day off on February 10 and 11, which is a weekend.
Justice (retd) Maqbool Bakar, the caretaker chief minister of Sindh, accepted the decision to offer leave during this period, citing the approaching general elections.
Details suggest that staff will be deployed in various regions and that government educational institutions will be converted into polling places for the elections. The decision to observe the holidays from February 6 to February 9 resulted from this.
The educational institutions will be taken over by ECP officials, who will use them as polling places. Placing CCTV cameras at crucial polling places has also been recommended.
From February 6 to February 9, all educational institutions in Islamabad will also be closed. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s education administration has also declared these dates to be holidays.
A day earlier, Mohsin Naqvi, the temporary chief minister of Punjab, had similarly announced four days off for election in all of the province’s colleges, universities, and schools.
On X, a caretaker CM posted a post. Important Update: The Punjab Provincial Cabinet has chosen to close all public and private sector schools, colleges, and universities from February 6 to February 9 in advance of the general elections on February 8. The 9:30 am start time for school will only be maintained through February 3rd. Later on, regular school hours will be maintained.
