Tag: Holidays in Pakistan

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Two holidays announced in Islamabad due to a delegation visit

A foreign delegation is expected to visit Islamabad from 30th of July to 1st of August 2023. This reportedly includes the vice premier of China. So it is expected that, to give the security to the delegation, several routes of city will be closed from time to time. So govt have announced two holidays in Islamabad, Monday 31st July and Tuesday 1st of August 2023. Irfan Nawaz Memon, the district magistrate ICT Islamabad, via an official notification have notified the holidays. By the way, it is not happening first time in the capital Islamabad. Whenever some high profile delegation gets schedule to visit the city, often citizens get these holidays to enjoy. According to some online sources, the delegation is […]

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Public holiday notified on Labour day May 1 2023 across Pakistan

Across the world in the majority of countries May 1 is associated with labour or workers. It is known as International Workers day in some countries and in other countries it is referred as labour day or world labour day. In Pakistan, May 1 is most commonly known as Labour Day. Like rest of the world in Pakistan as well, people of Pakistan not only celebrate this day but also they enjoy a holiday on the May 1. This year as well, as usual, the federal government as well as the provincial / regional governments across the country are announcing May 1 as the Public Holiday. This year May 1, the Labour day is coming on Monday, this will make […]

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Eid ul Fitr Holidays announced in Punjab as well for 2023

One of the two biggest religious festivals for Muslims around the world is Eid ul Fitr (Eid al-Fitr). Eid ul Fitr is just round the corner. Muslims around the world enjoy three or more holidays in Eid ul Fitr, same is the reason in Pakistan too currently different federal and provincial governments are announcing the Eid ul Fitr holidays. Latest development in this regard came when the caretaker Govt of Punjab announced holidays for Eid ul Fitr 2023. If we go into the detail, the govt of Punjab Pakistan have announced five holidays exactly the Federal government. The holidays will start from the April 21, 2023 (Friday) and are until the April 25, 2023 (Tuesday). These holidays are valid for […]

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KPK announces six Eid ul Fitr holidays in year 2023

Eid ul Fitr (Eid al-fitr) is just round the corner. It is one of biggest religious festival/occasion for muslims. So across the world the muslims enjoy three or more holidays on this occasion, specially in the countries where muslims are in majority as per population is concerned. Pakistan is also one such country, here too we usually enjoy three to four holidays of eid, sometimes they become five after joining in the weekend holidays. However, this time, in 2023 federal as the provincial governments are being generous when it comes to eid holidays. In a recent move, the Government of KPK have announced total six holidays for Eid ul Fitr. The Eid ul Fitr holidays in KPK will start from […]

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Five Eid ul Fitr holidays in 2023 by Govt of Pakistan

Eid ul Fitr is just round the corner, it is one of the couple of occasion here in Pakistan, where people get most holidays in a year. However, this time Eid ul Fitr brings much more fun and joy for the students and workers of Pakistan, as Govt have announced 5 days holiday for Eid ul Fitr instead of usual 3 to 4 days. So, the holidays will start from Friday, April 21, 2023 and will go up to Tuesday, April 25, 2023, which makes it full five days of holiday. According to this holiday schedule, everything will reopen again on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. The Ministry of Interior have announced the details of these holidays which are to be […]