PESHAWAR: The Provincial administration has closed down all the educational Institutes near PAF Camp and in the suburbs of Peshawar after the militants attack, District Education Officer (DEO) Azam Khan said.

The step has been taken as security measure, he added.

The heads of the schools have been told to shut the main gates of their schools as the search and combing operation was underway in the area to nab the facilitators of the attack.

The children in the schools near the PAF Camp have been told not to come out of their schools unless told while the schools situated in the suburban areas have been vacated.

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