Lahore schools shut early — students sent home for safety reasons.

Lahore: All government and private schools in Lahore have been declared closed immediately.

According to CEO Education Lahore, schools are informing parents that the home time has been announced due to road closures.

Earlier, most private educational institutions in Rawalpindi had also declared a holiday.

On the other hand, security arrangements have been tightened in Islamabad in view of the announcement of a protest by a religious organization.

The religious group has announced a march towards Islamabad.

Containers have been placed on the entrance roads of Islamabad, due to which citizens are facing severe problems in transportation.

Citizens are also facing problems in using the internet due to the disruption of mobile data service.