ISLAMABAD, JULY 30 (DNA) — The district administration of the capital has declared that on July 31 and August 1 (Monday and Tuesday), all schools, institutions, and workplaces will be closed. District Magistrate Irfan Nawaz Memon issued a statement stating that all public and private institutions, colleges, and universities will stay closed.
The announcement also said that all private businesses, marketplaces, and stores, as well as all commercial banks, would stay closed. He Lifeng, China’s vice premier and a member of the Communist Party’s Central Committee, made the statement as he prepared to travel to Pakistan from July 30 to August 1.
Vice Premier Lifeng, who is also a Special Envoy for President Xi Jinping, will meet with both the president and the prime minister while in Pakistan. He will also attend the CPEC’s 10th anniversary festivities. — DNA