Tag: Holidays

Seven people were killed and several wounded in separate incidents during Eidul Azha in different parts of Karachi. According to details, following a domestic dispute...

A ‘full court’ meeting of the Supreme Court chaired by Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday decided that the apex court...

It just goes to show how disconnected the top leaders are from a regular Pakistani. Recently the Prime Minister, in his great wisdom, announced...

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that the two weekly holidays announced by the government were not for Punjab and the decision...

At the end of Eid holidays on Monday life returned to normal in the twin cities with the reopening of offices and educational institutes....

Load shedding returned to the city on Saturday after three days of Eid and citizens witnessed six to eight hours of outages. In some areas,...

Thousands of private employees sacrificed Eid celebrations to serve their organisations without receiving any special compensation, Pakistan Today learned on Friday. People working in...

The Sindh Irrigation Department has cancelled Eid holidays of its field staff following the Pakistan Meteorological Department’s weather report about heavy rainfall in the...

A comprehensive plan has been chalked out in order to ensure smooth provision of health services during the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays at the Services Hospital. According...

Eid holidays of the Railways Police have been cancelled due to security concerns and additional security personals would be deployed at railway stations. Railways...

Poultry farms have reduced chicken supplies and holding stocks to sell it after Eid and earn more profits, stakeholders associated with the business told...

The Interior Ministry on Wednesday notified four holidays on the occasion of Eidul Fitr. According to a notification issued by the ministry, the government offices...

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has approved the summary for four holidays during Eid-ul-Fitr. According to media reports, the Eid holidays will be celebrated...

LAHORE - The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Association Front (PIAF) has expressed serious concerns over proposals to observe two weekly holidays, terming it a decision that would further spoil things. In a press statement issued here on Thursday, PIAF Chairman Sohail Lashari said that two weekly holidays would hamper business and industrial activities. He urged the government to evolve policies, to address energy crisis, after consultation with the business community. He also urged

LAHORE - Despite end of winter gas management plan, the CNG stations of the city would remain closed for two days. SNGPL had announced it shall to restore gas supplies to CNG stations after March 15th, 2011 and ending two-day gas closure in a week for CNG but the load shedding is all set to continue.
All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) has announced to hold protest against SNGPL injustice. APCNGA Supreme Council Chairman Ghayas Abdullah Paracha said that SNGPL has asked CNG

ISLAMABAD - The federal government is seriously considering the option of resuming two holidays a week from April for reducing energy consumption and administrative expenditure as electricity shortfall would reach 2,000 to 3,000MW in the coming summer.
The proposal is part of the government's efforts to facilitate the industrial and agricultural sector besides saving money under the head of office expenditure amidst severe financial crunch. The decision would help minimise a

LONDON: Europe's main stock markets changed little on Thursday, ahead of the Christmas break, as investors assessed modest overnight gains on Wall Street and a mixed performance in Asia. London's FTSE 100 rose 0.16 percent to 5,993.17 points with the energy sector boosted as oil prices forged two-year highs this week. Elsewhere, the Paris CAC 40 retreated 0.31 percent to 3,907.66 points while Frankfurt's DAX 30 index edged up 0.06 percent to 7,072.70 points.
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