On the first working day after Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, thin attendance was observed in offices on Monday.
People remained busy in wishing Eid to each other with a leisurely mood while the major discussion was high rates of garments, shoes, grocery items and non-availability of local transport during the festival holidays.
This year the government had announced four-day official leave from July 5 to 8 followed by the weekend, but people from far-flung areas availed the remaining days as well to make their visits to native town more memorable.
Locals mostly joined their offices, while those belonging to other cities have started returning back to the federal capital from Sunday.
Hassan Talal, an employee of a private bank hailing from Talagang said, “My hometown was just at a distance of two and half hours, but I come back yesterday to avoid heavy traffic rush in morning time.”
He said that some of his staffers of far-flung areas like Multan, Bahawalpur, Dera Ismail Khan and Bhakkar are still in their native towns as they mostly visit once or twice in a year so their long stay was justifiable.
Muhammad Azhar, a government employee said, all his relatives live in the federal capital and the six-day leave was enough to celebrate Eid with the family members.
He said during Eid holidays they used to visit picnic spots, but every place was full of visitors and overcrowded while the traffic jams had multiplied the problems of locals.