Punjab Has Officially Announced Three School Breaks – 3 Holidays in a Week: Due to the smog, the Punjab government has officially announced that public and private schools in Lahore will be closed for three weeks. The three holidays a week will stay in place until we hear otherwise.
The School Education Department (SED) sent out a notice that all public and private schools in Lahore will be closed every Friday and Saturday. The official holiday on Sunday will be the third day off.
Also, Punjab has been told to tell schools about three weekly holidays and let people work from home.
The news comes a day after the Lahore High Court (LHC) asked the Punjab government to announce that all public and private schools will be closed for three days a week because of the terrible smog in the province.
During the hearing of the case about the smog in Punjab, especially in Lahore, and how bad it is for the people there, LHC Judge Justice Shahid Kareem was also very unhappy with what the provincial government was doing to stop the smog.
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On the other hand, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, the Chief Minister (CM) of Punjab, also declared an environmental emergency in the province. The news comes as smog levels in the province are getting worse.
The CM of Punjab was told to control things like stubble burning, brick kilns, and vehicles that put out a lot of smoke in the province. He told the anti-smog team to follow these rules to the letter and the spirit.