HEC denies the news of University closure

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has denied news spreading on various social networking sites, indicating that, due to the revival of COVID-19, the commission has declared universities' shutdown in Pakistan.

According to the official statement released by the Commission, HEC has not released any notification for the closure of universities.

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Each university will decide to operate or close according to its specific situation, the statement added.

HEC has stated that in the outbreak of COVID-19, district administrators are allowed to shut down every university.

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Yesterday, Quaid-e - Azam University (QAU) was shut down for one day after 5 cases of coronavirus were confirmed.

The administration of the QAU has now agreed to hold all academic activities online by 6 November.

Pakistan has confirmed 773 new cases and 6 deaths due to Coronavirus in the last 24 hours. Overall, 329,375 cases and 6,745 deaths due to Coronavirus have been registered in the country so far.