Govt announces three-day Eid holiday

The Ministry of Interior declares June 26, 27 and 28 (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) as holidays

ISLAMABAD: The government announced on Wednesday a three-day holidays on the occasion of Eidul Fitr – from June 26 to 28.

A notification issued by the Ministry of Interior said June 26, 27 and 28  (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) would be holidays.

This year Eidul Fitr is likely to be on June 26 or 27 subject to the sighting of the Shawwal moon.

Like previous years, this time around also the whole of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and some districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) province observed the first of Ramazan on May 27 — a day ahead of the country — following Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai’s announcement that the crescent moon had been sighted.



However, Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman had ruled out moon-sighting on May 26, making it clear that the holy month of Ramazan would start from Sunday (May 28) in Pakistan.

All the seven agencies of Fata — Khyber, Kurram, Orakzai, Mohmand, Bajaur, North Waziristan and South Waziristan — observed the first day of Ramazan on Saturday (May 27).

For many years, Ramazan and Eid have been observed in parts of K-P a day before the rest of the county, based on the announcement from Popalzai.