Education Sector

All schools and colleges in Punjab to remain close from Nov 13 2024

Punjab education department have notified that all the schools and colleges will remain close all over punjab from Nov 13, 2024 to Nov 17, 2024. This includes all the public and private sector schools in the vicinity of Punjab province. Wherever, the facility is available, these educational institutions will switch to online mode and classes will continue as per routine but from home. This decision was taken in wake of prevailing smog condition in the province and the related reduced visibility. Smog which was only a problem for city of Lahore from few weeks is recently seen in other cities of Punjab, as far as the city of Rawalpindi. Also the adjacent city, Islamabad, got affected by the smog. However, […]

Petroleum

New reduced petrol and diesel prices are set for first half of Sep 2024 in Pakistan

As per usual schedule of every 15 days, on the start of Sep 2024, Govt of Pakistan have once set new prices for petrol and diesel. Prices of both petroleum products as well as the Kerosene oil prices have gone down. The change in prices is however not significant. Specially petrol price have gone down by mere Rs. 1.86 while the high speed diesel price have gone down by Rs. 3.86 per litre. Full details of old and new prices of petroleum products in Pakistani Rupee (PKR) are as follows. Petroleum Product New Price Old Price Difference Petrol 259.20 260.96 -1.86 High Speed Diesel (HSD) 262.75 266.07 -3.32 Light Diesel Oil (LDO) 154.05 157.02 -2.97 Kerosene 169.62 171.77 -2.15 These […]

General Information

April 1 and April 4 2024 are declared as public holidays in Sindh

For this week Sindh province have announced two holidays. First of them is April 1, 2024. For Muslims it will be off due to a an occasion called Youm-e-Ali. All the schools, colleges and educational institutions will remain closed for this reason. For Christian community, April 1 will also be off due to the Easter, a religious festival or event of Christians. Easter marks the resurrection of Jesus three days after his death by crucifixion according to christian beliefs. Sindh province will also have a public holiday on April 4, 2024. This holiday is given to commemorate the death anniversary of a former Pakistani Prime Minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. All the public and private […]

Education Sector

School and College Holidays in Pakistan for Year 2024

In Pakistan the students of schools, colleges and higher educational institutions enjoy a long list of holidays in a year. Along with national and public holidays, the holiday calender of students in Pakistan inlcude more sets of holidays. These extra holidays normally include but are not limited to 2.5 to 3 months of summer holidays. Similarly, students here in Pakistan also enjoy 2 or more weeks of winter holidays. Also similarly the educational institutions in hilly areas also announce similarly such long holidays for their students and teachers. However, timings or schedule of these does not match with the ones offered to the students, who live in the normal lower grounds. So a full list of holidays which will be […]

General Information

Public Holidays in Pakistan for Year 2024

There are a set number of holidays which are enjoyed and celebrated by the people of Pakistan every year. Every year, the list is mostly the same, however, sometimes some weather or other situational anomilies may result in few more holidays than usual. Anyways the main list of public holidays which Pakistanis are going to enjoy in year 2024 are as follows. No. Holiday Date Day of Week 1 Kashmir Solidarity Day Feb 5, 2024 Monday 2 Pakistan Day Mar 23, 2024 Saturday 3 Eid-ul-Fitr Holidays April 10, 11 & 12th 2024 Wednesday to Friday 4 Labour Day May 1, 2024 Wednesday 5 Eid-ul-Azha Holidays Jun 17, 18 & 19th 2024 Monday to Wednesday 6 Ashura Days 16th & 17th […]