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Death Anniversary: Govt announces holiday on Dec 27

December 27 to mark the death anniversary of the slain leader and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto

Our Correspondent December 24, 2016

former prime minister benazir bhutto photo express

Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. PHOTO: EXPRESS

KARACHI: The Sindh government has announced a public holiday across the province on December 27 to mark the death anniversary of the Pakistan Peoples Party’s slain leader and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. All offices, autonomous or semi-autonomous, working under the Sindh government will remain closed as per a notification released by the provincial government on Friday.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 25^th, 2016.

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