Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) has for the third time announced an extension in the summer vacations for students till August 31 due to the prolonged sit-ins of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) supporters.
A CADD official said that schools and colleges in federal capital were supposed to open from August 25 (Monday) but now these would open from September 1.
The decision to extend vacations has been taken by the authorities again to save the students from any untoward incident due to the large number of people in the capital.
The decision of further extending summer vacations has been taken for the third time.
Earlier, the institutions were supposed to open from August 11 after summer vacations but the authorities announced more holidays till August 17 and now the authorities have announced more vacations till August 31. Educational activities will resume in the Capital from September 1.