Shafqat Mahmood, the minister who has been trending on top
Lahore, 24th March: Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood announced on Wednesday that schools in Punjab and KP will remain closed till April 11 keeping in view the increasing number of coronavirus cases in these provinces.
Baaghi TV: According to reports, after an important meeting of the federal and provincial education and health ministers at the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Shafqat Mahmood made the announcement to the media.
Mahmood also informed that the government will meet with representatives of the Cambridge International Examinations board, which holds O and A-Levels examinations, to see whether the exams can be postponed or not.
Meanwhile, he announced that the exams held by local boards will go ahead as scheduled.
Following the announcement, students started pouring the micro-blogging website Twitter with the hashtags #Shafqat Mehmood, BreakingNews and #cancelexamspakistan2021.
https://twitter.com/TopTrendsWatch/status/1374670485498265606?s=20
Netizens celebrated the announcement of an extended Spring Break with colourful memes, however, some students from Sindh and Balochistan felt left out.
Here’s a look at some of the reactions:
Twitteratis are highly praising the love and ‘Shafqat’ showered by Shafqat Mahmood during the pandemic:
Everything is Temporary, But #ShafqatMehmood ke Students py Shafqat is Permanent. pic.twitter.com/uM5uH9nU2a
— JahanZaib (@JahanZaibb_) March 24, 2021
Not All SuperHeroes wear Caps.😍 #Shafqatmehmood pic.twitter.com/FBpyTmAdk3
— JahanZaib (@JahanZaibb_) March 24, 2021
While on the other hand, students from Sindh and Balochistan are disgusted over the decision:
https://twitter.com/hamzabutt61/status/1374628586825601026?s=20
Punjab Sindh &
Students Balochistan#Shafqatmehmood students pic.twitter.com/i5npIWcDqW— 🅟 🅐 ٹ 🅗 🅐ن (@ali_5258) March 24, 2021
Students who had been waiting for breaking news from their favourite minister:
Waiting for shafqat Mehmood and NCOC #BreakingNews #cancelexamspakistan2021@Shafqat_Mahmood pic.twitter.com/qXCfp9Vdzg
— S U ف Y A ن (@sufyankhatri100) March 24, 2021
Students waiting for the final decision of NCOC !#ShafqatMahmood#طلبہ_کو_پڑھنے_دو#BreakingNews pic.twitter.com/tqTBcGiPi3
— MAHAD (@mahadnaseermrj) March 24, 2021
Students Right Now!😅🙏#BreakingNews #cancelcieexamsuae2021 #Shafqatmehmood Shafqat Mehmood _ NCOC pic.twitter.com/TOvoSQGiHX
— Hamza Farooqi (@hamzafaroqi) March 24, 2021
Students of Matric, Intermediate, O-Levels and A-Levels, who are supposed to sit for their examinations at the end of this year’s terms have urged the Federal education Minister to cancel their exams:
https://twitter.com/Younas_hadi/status/1374656548711043073?s=20
#cancelexamspakistan2021 Shafqat mehmood to NCOC and all education ministers pic.twitter.com/p5UZIkXC7L
— Mehar Qasim Ali (@MeharQasimAli8) March 24, 2021
LOOK AT THIS SIR THERE ARE NO SORT OF SOPS AT ALL PLEASE CANCEL ALL EXAMS AND COLLEGES . #cancelexamspakistan2021 pic.twitter.com/0VYkPq5qAJ
— john cena (@zerodeths69) March 24, 2021
One minister that has been trending on top during the pandemic year, is undoubtedly Shafqat Mahmood!
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