Tag: Holiday

The business for dhabas and small roadside restaurants in the federal capital is low these days since a large number of people have yet...

The recent announcement by the government, for business activity closure on Saturdays, will drastically affect the economy of Pakistan as mentioned by Shan. This...

Government has committed an economic suicide. The recent decision of the government to take Saturday off is ill-conceived and preposterous. The economic managers and...

Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI), expressing deep concern over government move for energy conservation, rejected the proposal of 5-days working week and...

India's workaholic Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has not taken a holiday since he took the top job in 2004, according to a new in-depth...

Sunday bazaars were not set up in the city due to Eid holidays and citizens faced great problems in buying vegetables and fruits. Vendors in...

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and all offices of SBP Banking Services Corporation, inclusive of Public Debt Offices, would remain closed for public...

KARACHI - The Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA) South Zone has voiced strong opposition to two days off in the week for energy conservation. In a statement, PTA chairman Aziz Ahmed said Pakistan's economy which is already at its lowest ebb and many sectors are mired in crisis.
The decision to observe two days off in a week may result in total collapse of industrial sector especially the export sector which will suffer heavily, he lamented.Ahmed stated the decision last year

KARACHI - The government of Sindh declared April 4 as a public holiday throughout the province on account of 32nd death anniversary of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. All government offices, autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies, corporations and local councils under the administrative control of the Sindh government would remain closed.

KARACHI - The KSE-100 index gained 97 points to close at 11,809 levels. Volumes dwindled and stood at 52 million shares, triggered by the Prime Minister's announcement of a half-day holiday - as the Karachi stock exchange cut down trading time by one-and-half hours.
Investor's participation was considerably low, as they stayed in holiday mood. Few top tier stocks seemed to on the move irrespective of lower volumes. News related to lube prices impacted performance of the lube

KARACHI - Under immense public expectation, the Sindh government has announced a public holiday on Wednesday (today). A decision to this effect was taken after Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad and Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah conferred over phone.
According to official sources, Acting Sindh Chief Secretary Subhan Memon had earlier recommended turning Wednesday into a half-day as the semi final is scheduled to start in the afternoon. But the CM said that people as well

KARACHI - Adopting a new strategy for attacking the people of Karachi, terrorists fired two rockets at a madressa in the Malir area on Wednesday. A rocket hit the walls of an Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) madressa near the Jamia mosque, whereas a second rocket landed in the Ghazi ground a few minutes later. The walls of the madressa were damaged in the attacks; however, no casualties were reported as a result.
The rocket attacks spread panic in the area while the law enforcement

KARACHI - The lower grade employees of the Sindh Secretariat enjoyed an unannounced holiday on Thursday following Karachi Transport Ittehad's strike call to protest the recent raise in fuel prices. The lower staff of almost all administrative departments of the provincial secretariat remained absent from their respective offices following the unavailability of public transport on the city's roads. The corridors of Tughlaq House, secretariat's new building, old KDA building and other

FAISALABAD - An old problem with the rules and regulations is that they are always framed in good faith but it is their out-of-context implementation that reverses the very logic behind them, producing chaotic results.
The much-publicised weekly holiday for Punjab police announced by Inspector General Punjab Police Javed Iqbal, soon after taking the charge of his office, turned out to be a useless exercise as a majority of police personnel think they are better off without

ISLAMABAD - The government on Monday gave a nod to a private members' bill in the Senate suggesting that Friday be a weekly holiday instead of Sunday. The bill led to a heated debate on rules of procedure and parliamentary traditions with the Awami National Party and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement opposing the bill, and religious elements supporting it.
In the absence of Law Minister Babar Awan, Arbab Alamgir Khan, when asked by the chair, did not oppose the bill introduced by

LAHORE: A consumer count on Saturday summoned Qatar Airways for reconciliation with an aggrieved handicap person who along with his wife and two minors had been allowed traveling towards Ecuador without visas by the airlines.
The court while fixing the December 15, summoned Qatar Airline through its manager, during the hearing of an application filed by Imran Ali, his wife Humaira Ali and minors Shayan Ali and Shaheera Ali.
In the application filed though Nasir Mahmud