Mehwish Hayat lauds Shafqat Mahmood for postponing exams, calls it a sensible decision

Actress Mehwish Hayat has appreciated Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood for his decision of postponing exams during the third wave of coronavirus.

The Tamgha-e-Imtiaz recipient took to her Twitter account and thanked the education minister, “Thank you @Shafqat_Mahmood. So glad that you took notice. Postponing the exams was the sensible decision – education is important but protecting the students in these Covid times was paramount!,” she wrote in a tweet.

Thank you @Shafqat_Mahmood . So glad that you took notice. Postponing the exams was the sensible decision – education is important but protecting the students in these Covid times was paramount ! #Exams2021

— Mehwish Hayat TI (@MehwishHayat) April 27, 2021

According to the Punjabi Nahi Jaungi actress, postponing the exams was a sensible decision. Moreover, singer Asim Azhar appreciated Mahmood’s decision but gave a piece of advice to all the students.

It is to be noted that Shafqat Mehmood on Tuesday announced that in view of a worsening third coronavirus wave all exams have been put off till 15th June. Addressing a media briefing alongside the prime minister’s aide on health Dr. Faisal Sultan following a meeting of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), he said: “We had decided during the last NCOC meeting on April 18 that exams will proceed as scheduled. However, after that, to date, the infection rate increased by a lot.”

He said the country seems to be headed towards a complete lockdown in areas witnessing particularly high positivity ratios. Mehmood said that all board exams for grades 9, 10, 11, 12 that were to begin late May, will now be postponed.