{"id":46005,"date":"2026-04-02T09:04:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=46005"},"modified":"2026-04-02T09:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:04:26","slug":"schools-in-islamabad-also-adopt-four-day-week-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=46005","title":{"rendered":"Schools in Islamabad also adopt four-day week schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (PEIRA) announced on Thursday that all private educational institutions in Islamabad would now operate only four days a week for on-campus academic activities.<\/p>\n<p>In a notification, PEIRA Secretary Javed Iqbal stated that the new schedule, running from Monday to Thursday, would take effect immediately and remain in place until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>It further added that the decision was made following government directives on austerity and fuel conservation measures, and all concerned parties had been instructed to ensure strict compliance with the order.<\/p>\n<p>Read: Schools reopen after 21-day hiatus<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Tuesday, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) also announced that all public and private universities across the country, along with degree-awarding institutions (DAIs), could resume physical classes from April 1.<\/p>\n<p>The development, the notification stated, was in continuation of a letter by the HEC dated March 10 regarding the implementation of austerity and fuel conservation measures.<\/p>\n<p>On March 9, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz announced the closure of all educational institutions in the province until the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the provincial government had also imposed restrictions on fuel usage by government officials, as part of efforts to manage the energy shortage.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (PEIRA) announced on Thursday that all private educational institutions in Islamabad would now operate only four days a week for on-campus academic activities. In a notification, PEIRA Secretary Javed Iqbal stated that the new schedule, running from Monday to Thursday, would take effect immediately and remain in place until [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}