LAHORE: The Punjab Examination Commission (PEC) could not deliver Class-V English paper to examination centres foreing over a million students return home without appearing for the paper.

The PEC administration later sent a message to invigilators that the English paper would now be held on Wednesday (today) chang-ing altogether the datesheet.

Protests by students and their parents were also reported from different cities in the province.

The PEC had started primary standard examination from Feb 21 after its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Nasir Iqbal Malik introduced `interventions` to hold examinations in a fair manner.

The PEC tender committee, headed by CEO MrMalik, had award the contract to Hassan Ijaz printers to print and supply questionpapers for 2.2 million Grade-V and VIII students in the province.

The students and their parents were awestricken upon their arrival at examination centres at around 11am, when they were told that the examination had been postponed without explaining any reason.

The PEC administration sent messages to examina-tion centres` superintendents and resident inspectors that the English paper would be held on Wednes day (today). The message also stated that the Urdu paper already scheduled for Wednesday, would now be held on Thursday (Feb 26), while Islamiyat paper, scheduled for Thursday, would be given later.

The PEC issued a press release late on Tuesday that the Islamiyat paper would now be held on March 3.