Here’s how Sindh govt employees can enjoy eight-day break on Eidul Fitr

In a bid to commemorate Pakistan People’s Party founder and former Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s death anniversary, the Sindh government has declared a public holiday on April 4. This means that employees of the Sindh government will have an eight-day break on Eidul Fitr, from Saturday, March 29, to Sunday, April 6, if they take a day off on Thursday, April 3. 

Earlier, the federal government had announced Eidul Fitr holidays from March 31 to April 2. The Eidul Fitr holidays are preceded by two weekly offs on Saturday and Sunday (March 29 and 30), and now the Sindh government has announced April 4 as a public holiday in the province for the provincial government, all government offices, autonomous bodies, and educational institutions under its administrative control.

Friday, April 4, will be followed by another couple of weekly offs on Saturday and Sunday (April 5 and 6), so just taking a day off on April 3 can give employees an eight-day break for Eidul Fitr festivities.

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Eidul Fitr, which is celebrated on the first day of Shawwal in the Islamic calendar, is determined by the sighting of the Shawwal crescent moon.

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