3 universities and 50 schools have been sealed in Lahore due to poor security arrangements. The universities are to be closed till 31st January 2016 and all examinations have been postponed. Bahauddin Zakaria University Lahore Campus, University of Engineering & Technology (UET) and Lahore College For Women University are the universities that have been sealed, whereas the girls hostel of Bahauddin Zakaria University has also been vacated.
The institutes had been advised to improve their security measures. BZU’s Multan campus was also closed. Army Public Schools (APSs) and schools working under Pakistan Navy in Karachi were closed Wednesday amid security concerns.
APS and schools working under Pakistan Navy will remain closed till February 2.
After Bacha Khan University tragedy, directions have been given to tighten up the countrywide security of educational institutions. There has been a three level security plan formed for the schools. There will be high-level security given to schools under Forces, mid-level security in missionary schools and normal security in government and private schools.
Meanwhile, walk-through gates have been installed on all the entrance gates of Karachi University. There will be eight feet high walls built around the university. There is no police personnel posted on 80% of Karachi’s schools.
It has been directed to elevate the walls of schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and to put barbed wires on them.
In Lahore, according to the new security plan, 12 government schools, 131 boys’ colleges, 19 women colleges and 19 universities have been put under A+ security category. In Islamabad, the administrations of the educational institutions have been directed to post security guards on rooftops.
In Gujranwala, the institutes of Government Post-Graduate College, Degree College, Saint Paul, Ideal College, Government Islamia College and Government Commerce College along with 10 others were sealed in the areas of Satellite Town, Qilla Deedar Singh, Model Town and Kotwali.
