Sindh announces public holiday on February 5
The day is included in the list of gazetted holidays of the federal government every year. PHOTO: FILE
The Sindh government on Monday declared February 5 a public holiday on the occasion of Kashmir Solidarity Day, a notification issued by the provincial government stated.
It said that the province will observe the Kashmir Solidarity Day, adding that all government and private offices, educational institutions and markets would remain closed on the occasion.
It should be noted that the Centre has already declared February 5 a public holiday. The day is included in the list of gazetted holidays of the federal government every year.
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On January 26, as India observed Republic Day, Pakistan reaffirmed its “unshakable resolve” to continue to raise its voice and extend all possible support for the right of self-determination of the people of Kashmir, who marked it as black day.
“Today, when the Kashmiris in IIOJK and around the world mark 26 January as a black day against India’s oppression, the government and people of Pakistan reaffirm their unshakable resolve to continue to raise their voice and extend all possible support for the right of self-determination of the people of IIOJK,” the Foreign Office spokesperson had said in a statement.
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He said it was deplorable that in the past few days, the Indian occupation forces had further intensified the military siege already in place in the occupied territory for more than seven decades.
The spokesperson said coercing innocent Kashmiris to hoist Indian flags on Republic Day was typical of India’s high-handedness to project a false sense of ‘normalcy’ and a hopeless attempt at masking its systematic and widespread oppression.