Educational institutions have started to close due to security concerns as National College of Arts (NCA) on Saturday announced a week's holidays. As per details, one girls' and two boys' hostels have been evacuated. The principal of NCA also verified that police had come to check the security conditions of the institution.
Earlier, police also carried out search operation in hostels of University of the Punjab (PU) last night and detained two suspicious persons. The hostels were not evacuated; however, students were frightened after watching heavy contingent of police. Search operation in adjacent areas of Gaddafi Stadium was also conducted in which seven suspects were arrested.