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The Punjab government has announced a public holiday on November 15 in the account of Sikh leader Babar Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary.
The public holiday announcement is only for a limited area, i.e. District Nankana Sahib.
Deputy Commissioner of Nankana, Tasleem Akhtar Rao, has issued a notification in this regard, stating that the local holiday will be observed across the city on the occasion of Guru Nanak’s 555th birth anniversary.
Celebrations of Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary will continue from November 13 to 16.
It is recalled that the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has issued over 3000 visas to Sikh pilgrims from India to participate in the birthday celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji to be held in Pakistan from the 14th to the 23rd of this month.
In a post on the High Commission’s social media platform X, Charge d’Affaires Saad Ahmad Warraich also extended his heartfelt felicitations and wished the pilgrims a fulfilling yatra.
