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This decision is in continuation of the previous notification issued on March 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the department, the extension of the suspension of educational activities was inevitable considering the current situation, the safety of students and teachers and administrative matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The notification clarified that no teaching or co-curricular activities will be allowed during this period, while instructions have been issued to the relevant institutions to strictly implement the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copies of the notification signed by Secretary Colleges Saleh Muhammad Baloch have been sent to all relevant authorities to ensure immediate and effective implementation of the decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile networks and internet services have been completely suspended in various cities of Balochistan due to security concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[43,40,213,46,212],"class_list":["post-962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-balochistan","tag-government-of-pakistan","tag-mobile-and-internet-services-suspended","tag-pakistan-army","tag-security-concerns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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