The British Council Pakistan has announced that all the exams planned for today would continue as planned, despite increased military tensions between Pakistan and India.
In an official declaration published on its Facebook page, the organization said: “All the exams planned for today will take place as planned. We will keep you posted if there are changes.”
Students were invited to contact their respective schools or the customer service center in the case of private candidates, for any questions related to the examination.
This announcement comes in the middle of a volatile situation along the control line (LOC), where military actions between Pakistan and India have intensified.
The climbing followed India strikes on several locations in Pakistan, which would have been in response to the murder of more than two dozen Indian tourists in Jammu and Cashmere (iiojk), he illegally occupied the Indians.
India blamed Pakistan for the incident, a complaint that Islamabad vehemently denied.
In retaliation, the Pakistani army has shot down five Indian fighter planes and a combat drone in response to an uninsured assault and airspace violations.
Lieutenant-general Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry confirmed on Wednesday that 26 civilians were martyred and 46 others injured in one night air strikes targeting several civil zones across Pakistan.
Earlier, Punjab Minister Maryam Nawaz said the state of emergency throughout the province and ordered the closure of all educational establishments following a series of Indian missile strikes that were targeting civil zones, causing a rapid military response from Pakistan.