Sindh Govt declared Mar 24 as Holi holiday
20 March, 2016
KARACHI: The government of Sindh on Saturday notified Mar 24 as a public holiday throughout the province to mark the occasion of Holi – a religious festival of the Hindu community.
A spokesman for the Chief Minister House told reporters that in the past, only the Hindu community was given a holiday on Holi.
“This is the first time Holi has been declared a public holiday anywhere in Pakistan.”
The move comes days after the National Assembly adopted a resolution to take steps to declare Holi, Diwali and Easter as holidays for minorities.
The resolution moved independently by PML-N MNA Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani called for national holidays on Diwali, Holi and Easter.
But despite the passage of the resolution in the NA, no notification was issued by the federal interior ministry officially declaring holidays on Holi, Diwali and Easter.
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