ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday announced public holidays on June 25 and 26 (Thursday and Friday) on account of Ashura.
In a notification, the Cabinet Secretariat said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had declared Muharram 9 and 10, falling on June 25 and 26, as public holidays.
The Sindh Information Department also issued a notification to this effect on social media platform X.
The notification stated: ‘The government of Sindh hereby declares June 25 and 26, 2026, as public holidays throughout the province of Sindh on the occasion of Ashura (Muharram 9 and 10, 1448 AH).
It added that all offices, autonomous and semiautonomous bodies, corporations and local councils under the administrative control of the Sindh government, except essential services, would remain closed.