Education has suffered a lot due to COVID-19, Shafqat Mehmood says By Shafqat Mehmood says the country has witnessed too much loss on the education front Primary schools and universities will resume educational activities from Feb 1 Students in Karachi, Hyderabad, Lahore and Peshawar will attend classes with 50% strength on alternative days SUKKUR: Federal Minister for Education and National Heritage Shafqat Mehmood said on Saturday that all primary schools and universities will reopen from February 1 as the country has witnessed “too much loss” on the education front due to the pandemic. The minister said this while talking to the media in Sukkur during a visit to Mir Masum's Minar, a Mughal era monument.