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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government today (Sunday) suspended academic activities in the seminaries across the province citing a restriction from the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC).
According to details, a notification in this regard was issued by the provincial secretary for home and tribal affairs. “All sort of academic activities will remain suspended at the seminaries, owing to rising cases of COVID-19,” it stated.
While citing a restriction on academic activities in seminaries by NCOC, the provincial government urged the clerics to support the government in tackling the pandemic. “Strict action will be taken against the violators,” the notification added.
In a similar move, the Sindh Government on Thursday ordered an immediate suspension of academic activities in all religious seminaries in the province.
It is pertinent to mention here, that the federal government had announced closure of all educational institutions, including schools, colleges and universities by a government order from November 26 across the country, which will reopen on January 11.
A meeting between the federal government officials and religious schools had also decided that the seminaries and religious universities within their educational framework would abide by the decisions of the government.