The government has approved a nine-day holiday for its employees on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
The Council of Advisers, led by Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus, granted the extended holiday during a meeting on Thursday, UNB reports.
The holiday will run from March 28 to April 5 (Saturday).
Eid-ul-Fitr is expected to be on March 31, depending on the sighting of the moon. Based on this, the Ministry of Public Administration has scheduled the official five-day holiday from March 29 to April 2.
Among these, Eid day is a public holiday, while the two days before and after Eid have been declared government holidays by executive order.
Additionally, March 28, the day before the scheduled leave, is a Friday—a weekly holiday—which coincides with Shab-e-Qadr. Just before that, March 26 is a public holiday for Independence Day.
This means government offices will be open only on Thursday, March 27, before the Eid break begins.
Offices will reopen on Thursday, April 3, but the following two days (Friday and Saturday) are weekends. As a result, between March 26 and April 5, government offices will be operational for only two days—March 27 before Eid and April 3 after Eid.
According to leave regulations, casual leave cannot be taken between two holidays, as it would turn into an extended leave. However, employees may avail themselves of earned leave if necessary.
