Despite intense heat wave, the Sindh government has ruled out early summer vacations, announcing that all public and private institutions under the school education and literacy department will close from June 1 as planned. According to a notification issued by the School Education and Literacy Department today, the summer vacations for all institutes will end on July 31 in line with the decisions taken by the Sub-Committee of the Steering Committee Meeting on January 25. The development comes a day after the Punjab government announced an early start of summer vacation from May 25 for all public and private schools across the province. The decision was taken to prioritize students’ safety and comfort as scorching heat waves grip the region. The week-long heatwave set to hit Sindh today when the temperature is expected to soar six to eight degrees centigrade above normal in at least nine cities, a forecast of the Pakistan Meteorological Department showed. On Monday, the Met depar