KARACHI: School holiday

Published April 4, 2008

KARACHI, April 3: Governor of Sindh Dr Ishratul Ibad has declared Friday a holiday for the students of schools, colleges and universities throughout the province in connection with the death anniversary of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

A spokesman for the Governor’s House said on Thursday night that under the directives of the Sindh governor, all government and private educational institutions, including schools, colleges and universities in the province, would remain closed on April 4.

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