PM Shehbaz extends holidays for Eidul Adha 2023. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has stated that the Eid holiday will be extended from June 28 to July 1st.
The federal government declared three Eidul Adha vacations shortly after the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee announced the sighting of the Zil Hajj moon on Monday.
As PM Shehbaz extends holidays for Eidul Adha 2023, according to an earlier notification issued by the Cabinet Division, “[…] it is for general information that the Prime Minister is pleased to approve the public holidays on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha as follows:
29th and 30th June 2023 (Thursday and Friday) for the offices observing five days working in a week; and
29th June to 1st July 2023 (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday) for the offices observing 6 days working in a week.”
Now the PM has extended the Eid holidays from June 28 to July 1st.
Meanwhile, in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Eidul Adha holidays will begin from 9 Zul Hijjah to 12 Zul Hijjah, that is, from Tuesday, June 27 to Friday, June 30, while Saturday and Sunday will be included as weekend holidays. Also, employees taking a day off before the Eid holidays i.e. Monday will get a full week off.
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Eid al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice is the second and the largest of the two main holidays celebrated in Islam (the other being Eid al-Fitr).
It honors the willingness of Abraham (Ibrahim) to sacrifice his son Ishmael (Ismail) as an act of obedience to God’s command.
However, before Abraham could sacrifice his son in the name of God, and because of his willingness to do so, God provided him with a lamb to kill in his son’s place.
