KARACHI May 21 (TNS): Amid ongoing heatwave in the provincial capital Board of Intermediate Education Karachi has postponed examinations scheduled from May 21 to 23, it said in a press statement.
The statement said that new dates for the postponed exams would be announced later while all examinations from May 24 and onwards would be held as per schedule, press released added.
The temperature in Karachi touched 44°C around 3 pm on Sunday while the heatwave is expected to peak between Monday and Wednesday, drastically pushing the temperatures even higher, said Dr Ghulam Rasool, director-general at the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD).
The PMD had said the lack of incoming sea breeze was the primary reason the temperature went up to over 40°C.
