The annual celebration of Muslims, Eid-ul-fitr, which comes right after holy month of Ramazan is just knocking at doors. Like every year, this year the vacation on account of Eid will be applied over all the public and government sector institutes.
But this year with having weekends and Eid holidays together in line, the holidays over this religious festival will be extending for more days. As the people were speculating and estimating about the Eid-holidays to manage their doings, Federal government has announced the holidays on account of this religious occasion.
According to a notification issued by the Federal Ministry of Interior today, holidays will be observed from 5th to 8th of July (Tuesday to Friday).
It will be worth mentioning here that it will combined up to six consecutive holidays as after the Eid-Holidays there will be weekend, which are mostly off days in federal institutes.
Bank Holidays on Eid-ul-Fitr
This unexpected 9 days holidays comes as 1st July will be off due to banks 6-month closing and later will remain off due to weekend (Saturday and Sunday).
- 1st July: 6-Month closing of Banks
- 2nd and 3rd July: Weekend (Sat-Sun)
- 4th July: Bank will remain open
- 5th-8th July: Eid holidays (If Eid falls on 6th July, 2016 as expected)
- 9th and 10th July: Weekend (Sat-Sun)
