--- title: "KP schools and colleges to close on Fridays and Saturdays amid fuel crisis" description: "Most outlets reported that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa schools and colleges will remain closed on Fridays and Saturdays for two months due to a fuel crisis. Aaj News and Daily Pakistan both highlighted the government’s decision as a fuel-saving measure, with Aaj News specifying the duration as two months and Daily Pakistan noting the involvement of the provincial cabinet. Both emphasized the closure of both public and private institutions." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/8769-schools-to-remain-closed-on-friday-saturday-under-fuel site: HarZaviya language: en --- # KP schools and colleges to close on Fridays and Saturdays amid fuel crisis pakistan · updated 16 Sep 2026, 12:16 PM PKT · 15–16 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa schools and colleges will remain closed on Fridays and Saturdays for two months due to a fuel crisis. Aaj News and Daily Pakistan both highlighted the government’s decision as a fuel-saving measure, with Aaj News specifying the duration as two months and Daily Pakistan noting the involvement of the provincial cabinet. Both emphasized the closure of both public and private institutions. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Daily Pakistan (English)** — [Schools to remain Closed on Friday, Saturday under Fuel Saving measures](https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/16-Sep-2026/schools-to-remain-closed-on-friday-saturday-under-fuel-saving-measures) · 16 Sep 2026, 12:16 PM PKT > PESHAWAR – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government ordered all public and private educational institutions across the province to remain closed every Friday and Saturday. The decision, taken in light of the provincial cabinet’s directives, will apply to schools, colleges, universities and other degree-awarding institutions, effectively reducing the regular in-person teaching week to four days. Education ... - **Aaj News (English)** — [KP schools, colleges to remain closed on Fridays, Saturdays amid fuel crisis](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330472448/kp-schools-colleges-to-remain-closed-on-fridays-saturdays-amid-fuel-crisis) · 15 Sep 2026, 3:49 PM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing > All public and private educational institutions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will remain closed on Fridays and Saturdays for two months amid a petroleum crisis in the province, it was announced on Tuesday. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Department issued a notification announcing the two-day closure in accordance with directives from the provincial cabinet. According to the notification, all governm... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [School closures and openings in Mardan, Nowshera, and Peshawar announced](https://harzaviya.com/stories/13660-schools-colleges-and-universities-closed-in-three-kp) · 13 Oct 2026 · 9 outlets · 2 developments · 77% related - [Peshawar schools to remain open or closed on specific days](https://harzaviya.com/stories/13914-peshawar-schools-and-colleges-to-remain-open-on-tuesday) · 13 Oct 2026 · 7 outlets · 71% related - [Sindh government reverses six-day school week policy](https://harzaviya.com/stories/1672-balochistan-schools-will-open-six-days-a-week-instead) · 5 Aug 2026 · 13 outlets · 2 developments · 70% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 15–16 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.