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Celebrating Diwali: CM gives Hindu employees a holiday

He added that the provincial finance department had been directed to pay advance salaries to Hindu employees

APP October 22, 2014 Less than a minute read

celebrating diwali cm gives hindu employees a holiday

Celebrating Diwali: CM gives Hindu employees a holiday

KARACHI: Sindh chief minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Tuesday announced that the provincial government would officially celebrate the Hindu festival of Diwali on October 23. In his statement, Shah said that the Hindu employees of the Sindh government would be given a holiday on the occasion. He added that the provincial finance department had been directed to pay advance salaries to Hindu employees.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 22^nd, 2014.

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