Public and private schools, colleges and universities in Peshawar are due back on Tuesday after a single day of closure, and the district administration has confirmed that Peshawar schools open Tuesday. The Monday shutdown, dated October 12, was set out in a formal notification from the Deputy Commissioner's office and applied to every public and private school, college and university inside District Peshawar, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported. Geo News reported that the same administration had confirmed the reopening.
Monday's closure in Peshawar
APP said the order covered institutions operating within the territorial jurisdiction of the district and was limited to Monday. Dawn headlined that educational institutions in Peshawar would remain closed that day, and a later Dawn headline said they would remain open on Tuesday. Those items, carried through news feeds, did not include further reporting in the material available here.
The one-day break was not confined to the provincial capital. ProPakistani reported that public and private schools, colleges and universities in Swabi, Mardan and Nowshera were also closed on Monday, October 12, under separate notifications from the district administrations. The closures followed the imposition of an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and what the report described as the prevailing situation.
Orders in Swabi, Mardan and Nowshera
In Swabi, the deputy commissioner and the District Education Officer directed all public and private institutions to suspend activities for the day, citing the current situation. Mardan's deputy commissioner declared a holiday for all educational institutions and cancelled examinations and papers set for Monday. In Nowshera, Deputy Commissioner Gohar Zaman closed public and private institutions, suspended teaching and cancelled examinations scheduled for the day. ProPakistani reported that the notices apply to October 12 only and do not give new dates for the cancelled examinations in Mardan and Nowshera.
Fake holiday notice rejected
Geo News reported that Peshawar's Deputy Commissioner dismissed a notice circulating on social media as fake. The notice had claimed that educational institutions would get more holidays. Students, parents and other residents were told to set that message aside and to check official channels before changing their plans. Anyone following Peshawar school holiday news should treat Monday as the confirmed day off. The administration's statement that Peshawar schools open Tuesday is the update it has asked the public to rely on.
Security orders and Punjab
The clarification came while heightened administrative measures were in place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Geo News reported that the province is under governor's rule and an emergency, and that Peshawar is under Section 144. Governor's rule is an arrangement under which a province is administered through the governor. Section 144 is a legal order that can restrict public gatherings. An NDTV headline said Pakistan imposed an emergency as Imran Khan's supporters marched in the province; the text available here does not add detail on schools.
In Punjab, institutions stayed open on Monday. Geo News reported that the provincial School Education Department and the Higher Education Department dismissed separate closure notifications as fake, and both said schools, colleges and universities would keep their regular schedules.
No fresh order extending Peshawar's closure has been reported. Families in Mardan and Nowshera still have no revised dates for examinations cancelled on Monday. Readers looking for KP school reopening news should wait for a deputy commissioner's notification rather than a forwarded message. Until an official order says otherwise, the position remains that Peshawar schools open Tuesday.
