LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province shut all schools and universities for two days on Friday in an attempt to contain the spread of protests by students over an alleged on-campus rape. The closures in Pakistan’s most populous province affect an estimated 18 million students.

The Punjab government in Pakistan has shut down all educational institutions for three days and arrested over 600 students amid protests over an alleged on-campus rape. Authorities claim it was fake news,

Pakistani police fired tear gas and charged at student protesters who ransacked a college building Thursday, as anger spread over an alleged on-campus rape, prompting the government to shut schools, colleges and universities for two days.

Pakistan's Punjab Government has closed all educational institutions in the province for three days and arrested over 600 students in the face of the growing student protests agai

Pakistani police fired tear gas and charged student protesters, who looted a college building Thursday, as anger spread over the alleged on-campus rape, prompting the government to shut schools, colleges and universities for two days.