Overview
- An official notification signed by Secretary Zahid Ali Abbasi orders all public and private schools to continue opening at 9 a.m. through February 4, with closing times unchanged.
- The extension follows directives from Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah after the department cited a province-wide intensification of cold conditions.
- The PMD projects single-digit temperatures in Karachi and expects additional rain and snowfall in several regions from Sunday through Tuesday.
- All Sindh Private Schools and Colleges Association Chairman Haider Ali backed the extension and pressed for an immediate Steering Committee meeting to finalise the 2026 academic calendar and examination schedules.
- Education officials are weighing a shift of winter vacations to January starting in 2026–27, with a proposal expected to go before the department’s Steering Committee.