KARACHI: The Sindh government has announced that all public and private schools and colleges across the province will remain closed on Monday (tomorrow) on account of the chehlum of Imam Husain.

The school education and literacy department and college education department issued separate notifications, announcing the closure of educational institutions.

However, all public and private universities will remain open on Monday as no such notification was issued by the universities and boards department.

Published in Dawn, August 25th, 2024

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