FDE decision on Saturday working day draws flak August 4, 2021 Islamabad : The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has declared Saturday as a working day for the public sector educational institutions it regulates in Islamabad Capital Territory. The FDE declared a six days work week amid the COVID-19 surge when the ICT administration imposed a smart lockdown in various sectors and restricted the movement of residents in 27 streets in different sectors due to a COVID-19 spike and higher positivity ratio. The teachers said the most paradoxical thing was that the controlling office, FDE, was closed on Saturdays. A teacher at the Islamabad Model Postgraduate College told 'The News' that though the monsoon arrival had provided relief to the people from hot and humid weather, infectious diseases were spreading.