Taking to Twitter, the provincial minister announced the new schedule. He made it clear that all public and private schools must comply with the new directives. In a tweet, he said:

"ANNOUNCEMENT: All Public and Private Schools of Punjab to comply with the following New School Timing Schedule: 7 am to 11:30 am. Please follow SOPs issued by the government."

Earlier the federal government had also announced a new schedule on Wednesday. According to a notification issued by the authorities.

As per the new rules, schools can only run on 50% capacity with two shifts to accommodate all students. The first shift can be run from 7 am till 11 am from Monday to Thursday. While the second shift can take place on Friday and Saturday at the same timings.