Summer vacations in all schools in the province will commence on June 1 and conclude on August 14, the Punjab government said on Friday.

In a notification, the department announced that all government schools would remain closed from June 1 to August 14. Schools would reopen on August 15.

The provincial government also changed the school timings due to the hot weather. The revised school timings are 7am to 11:30am. It will be observed from May 18 to May 31.

Most parts of Pakistan, especially over Punjab and Sindh, are likely to swelter next week because of the high pressure in the upper atmosphere, the Met Office has said as the country braces for heatwave conditions.

The scorching hot weather would hit the country on May 21 and is “likely to convert to severe heatwave conditions from May 23 to May 27,” according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department advisory on Thursday.

Summers in Pakistan generally start in April and last until September, but May and June are the hottest the hottest months.