Government announces holidays for Eid-ul-Fitr

Government announces holidays for Eid-ul-Fitr

Islamabad (Staff Report): The Ministry of Interior has announced three-day public holidays on account of Eid-ul-Fitr.

According to the notification, Eid holidays will be observed across the country on the 26th, 27th and 28th of June 2017.

Eid-ul-Fitr, the religious festival of Muslims, is celebrated on the first of Shawwal according to the Muslim Hijri calendar, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramazan.