{"id":116172,"date":"2026-06-23T18:12:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=116172"},"modified":"2026-06-23T18:12:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:12:40","slug":"sbp-announces-two-bank-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/sbp-announces-two-bank-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"SBP announces two bank holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: State <\/span>Bank <\/span>of <\/span>Pakistan <\/span>(SBP<\/a>) has <\/span>declared a <\/span>two-day <\/span>public <\/span>holiday for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Ashura <\/span>(9th <\/span>& <\/span>10th <\/span>Muharram), <\/span>suspending <\/span>the <\/span>operations <\/span>of <\/span>all <\/span>the <\/span>commercial <\/span>and <\/span>government <\/span>banks <\/span>during <\/span>this <\/span>period. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>issued <\/span>notification, <\/span>the <\/span>Central <\/span>Bank <\/span>will <\/span>be <\/span>closed <\/span>on <\/span>Thursday, <\/span>June <\/span>25, <\/span>and <\/span>Friday, <\/span>June <\/span>26 <\/span>following <\/span>the <\/span>holidays <\/span>announced <\/span>by <\/span>the <\/span>Government <\/span>of <\/span>Pakistan. <\/span><\/span>SBP <\/span>will <\/span>not <\/span>perform <\/span>any <\/span>official <\/span>work <\/span>for <\/span>two <\/span>consecutive <\/span>days. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Similarly, <\/span>all <\/span>the <\/span>banks and other<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>financial <\/span>institutions <\/span>throughout <\/span>the <\/span>country <\/span>will <\/span>also <\/span>stop <\/span>public <\/span>dealings <\/span>and <\/span>financial <\/span>transactions. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The <\/span>citizens <\/span>are <\/span>advised <\/span>to <\/span>accomplish <\/span>their <\/span>important <\/span>bank <\/span>transactions <\/span>before <\/span>these <\/span>holidays <\/span>are <\/span>implemented. <\/span><\/span>All <\/span>the <\/span>branches <\/span>of <\/span>commercial <\/span>banks <\/span>and <\/span>others <\/span>related <\/span>to the <\/span>government <\/span>will <\/span>not <\/span>open <\/span>on <\/span>Thursday <\/span>& <\/span>Friday; <\/span>however, <\/span>customers <\/span>can <\/span>get <\/span>their <\/span>important <\/span>financial <\/span>services <\/span>through <\/span>internet <\/span>banking <\/span>and <\/span>mobile <\/span>application\/other <\/span>digital <\/span>resources <\/span>available <\/span>through <\/span>ATMs <\/span>and <\/span>mobile <\/span>applications.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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It <\/span>is <\/span>anticipated <\/span>that <\/span>banking <\/span>services <\/span>will <\/span>commence <\/span>as <\/span>usual <\/span>once <\/span>the <\/span>holidays <\/span>have <\/span>passed.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has declared a two-day public holiday for\u00a0Ashura (9th & 10th Muharram), suspending the operations of all the commercial and government banks during this period. According to the issued notification, the Central Bank will be closed on Thursday, June 25, and Friday, June 26 following the holidays announced by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":101111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[43241],"class_list":["post-116172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-bank-holidays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116178,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116172\/revisions\/116178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}