LAHORE, Pakistan — 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.

Pakistani police clashed with student protesters across multiple cities after reports of an alleged rape at a Lahore college went viral. Violence erup

Protests spread across Pakistan following the alleged rape of a college student. The demand for justice escalated into violence in Lahore and Rawalpindi, with reports of vandalism and arson at various public and private institutions.

Punjab authorities also ban gatherings as hundreds are arrested while protesting reports of a rape on a college campus.

The government of Pakistan’s largest province of Punjab has banned all public gatherings and closed educational institutions as more protests against an alleged on-campus rape of a college student in Lahore are expected on Friday.

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.