{"id":18009,"date":"2023-07-20T16:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T11:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=18009"},"modified":"2023-07-20T16:45:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T11:45:02","slug":"ashura-2023-govt-announces-public-holidays-on-muharram-9-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ashura-2023-govt-announces-public-holidays-on-muharram-9-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashura 2023: Govt announces public holidays on Muharram 9 &#038; 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Thursday announced public holidays on the 9th and 10th of Muharram (July 28 and 29) on account of Ashura.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[\u2026] it is for general information that the Prime Minister is pleased to declare 28th to 29th July, 2023 (Friday &amp; Saturday) as public holidays on the occasion of Ashura (9th &amp; 10th Moharram 1445 AH),&#8221; a notification issued by the Cabinet Division stated.<\/p>\n<p>The country will mark the first of Muharram, the beginning of the new Islamic year 1445 AH, this evening (July 20), which means Youm-e-Ashura will be observed on July 29 (Saturday).<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Government of Sindh has banned pillion riding on Muharram 9 and 10 under several measures taken \u2014 under Section 144 of the CrPC \u2014 to ensure the Ashura days activities continue uninterrupted.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/eid-ul-adha-govt-finally-announces-arafah-day-holiday.html\">Eid ul Adha: Govt finally announces Arafah Day holiday<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the federal government approved the deployment of armed forces across the country to ensure security during the holy month of Muharram.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Supreme Court announced the beginning of the Islamic year in the Kingdom on July 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Thursday announced public holidays on the 9th and 10th of Muharram (July 28 and 29) on account of Ashura. &#8220;[\u2026] it is for general information that the Prime Minister is pleased to declare 28th to 29th July, 2023 (Friday &amp; Saturday) as public holidays on the occasion of Ashura (9th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":17976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[4329,5571,9770],"class_list":["post-18009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-ashura","tag-cabinet-division","tag-muharram"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18009","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}