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Pakistan holidays are celebrated according to the Islamic or local Pakistani calendars for religious and civil purposes, respectively. Religious holidays such as Eid are celebrated according to the Islamic calendar whereas other national holidays such as Labour Day, [1] Pakistan Day, Independence Day, and Quaid-e-Azam Day are celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar.
Lohri is an official holiday in Punjab, [7] [8] Jammu [9] and Himachal Pradesh. [10] The festival is celebrated in Delhi and Haryana but is not a gazetted holiday. [ note 2 ] In all these areas, the festival is celebrated by Sikhs, Hindus and whoever wants to enjoy. [ 12 ]
The Punjabi calendar is the one the rural (agrarian) population follows in Punjab, Pakistan. [6] [note 1] In Punjab though the solar calendar is generally followed, the lunar calendar used is purṇimānta, or calculated from the ending moment of the full moon: the beginning of the dark fortnight.
2024 Punjab provincial election; 2024 Sindh provincial election; Mobile phone services are temporarily suspended and thousands of troops are deployed to protect polling stations. Five policemen and two children are killed during two separate bombings, targeting a patrol and a polling station respectively.
The UP state Government has officially declared holiday on the occasion of Agrasen Jayanti in Uttar Pradesh. [9] In North Indian state of Haryana, there is also a public holiday on Agrasen Jayanti. [10] This day is a gazetted holiday in the state of Punjab and Haryana. [11]
Punjabi Mela Mata BhaderKali, Sheikhupur, District Kapurthala Punjab India]Is is celebrated for 7 days to worship Goddess Durga,on Apra Ekadashi, fall in End of may or in first week of June, Till now 79 Melas had been celebrated.] Punjabi festivals (Pakistan) List of Sikh festivals
November 8, 2023 at 7:16 AM. On Saturday, 11 November, ... From Veterans Day to Christmas, here are the dates of the 2024 federal holidays. New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1.
The government includes the cabinet, selected from members the Punjab Provincial Assembly, and the non-political civil staff within each department. The province is governed by a unicameral legislature with the head of government known as the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister, invariably the leader of a political party represented in the ...