Federal minister for education Shafqat Mahmood said exams are starting tomorrow in the remaining provinces and federating units wishing all the students taking exams from tomorrow the very best.

In a series of tweet he said why should these exams be postponed and students who have been studying be penalised.

Those students who say give more time can always appear in supplementary exams taken 2/3 months by all boards. Why should these exams be postponed and students who have been studying be penalised

— Shafqat Mahmood (@Shafqat_Mahmood) July 9, 2021

Criticizing the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for doing politics on the exam issue, the education minister said that they should know that after 18th amendment, out of 30 Boards, only one board, the federal board is under the federal government, yet they were pretending that one order from federal minister can stop exams across the country.

They also should know that after 18th amendment, out of 30 Boards, only one board, the fed board is under the federal government. Yet they were pretending that one order from federal minister can stop exams across the country. Again just a failed attempt at cheap politics

— Shafqat Mahmood (@Shafqat_Mahmood) July 9, 2021

"No surprise that N league, which is breaking apart, is playing politics with students to gain cheap popularity. People like Ahsan Iqbal and Saad Rafique know that exams have already happened in Balochistan and Sindh, therefore other students cannot be treated differently," the minister wrote.

No surprise that N league, which is breaking apart, is playing politics with students to gain cheap popularity. People like Ahsan Iqbal and Saad Rafiq know that exams have already happened in Baluchistan and Sindh, therefore other students cannot be treated differently 1/2

— Shafqat Mahmood (@Shafqat_Mahmood) July 9, 2021

Lashing out at senior PML-N leaders Khawaja Saad Rafique and Ahsan Iqbal, who have been calling on the government to delay the exams in order to give students more time to prepare, he said that they should know if they claim to be educated that exams are the best measure of students ability.

Saad Rafiq/Ahsan Iqbal should know if they claim to be educated that exams are the best measure of students ability and class 12 important as they have to go to universities and professional colleges. Why should hardworking students be discriminated against. Stop cheap politics

— Shafqat Mahmood (@Shafqat_Mahmood) July 9, 2021