After the air quality improved, the Punjab government declared on Tuesday that all schools in the province, including those in Lahore and Multan, will reopen on November 20 (tomorrow).
Because of rain in the province’s higher regions and changes in wind speed and direction, Punjab’s ambient air quality has improved. As a result, starting on Wednesday, November 20, all educational institutions in the province, including those in Lahore and Multan Division, will open in person with students and staff present, the provincial administration announced in a notification.
More than half of Pakistan’s 240 million residents live in Punjab, which closed schools in its largest cities on November 6 and extended the closure till November 24 on Friday.