Overview
- Several Khyber Pakhtunkhwa education boards announced on Tuesday that SSC/Matric papers set for October 7 to 10 would be postponed and rescheduled at later dates.
- BISE Dera Ismail Khan has given a new start date of October 12 for its affected papers while BISE Kohat published specific replacement dates of October 28–31; other boards said they will notify revised schedules soon.
- Boards cited suspension of mobile phone and internet services and the prevailing security situation as the reasons for postponement, saying the outages prevent delivery of roll numbers, duty letters and exam stationery.
- Boards stressed that examinations scheduled after October 10 will go ahead as planned unless further notices are issued, leaving short-term uncertainty for students, parents and invigilators who must wait for new duty letters.
- Because BISEs run simultaneous exams across districts, communication shutdowns and restricted movement can directly halt roll-number distribution and staffing, so authorities will assess logistics and security before finalizing fresh timetables.