{"id":45780,"date":"2024-08-21T20:09:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T15:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=45780"},"modified":"2024-08-21T20:09:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T15:09:29","slug":"public-holidy-in-lahore-on-august-26-to-mark-urs-of-data-ganj-bakhsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/public-holidy-in-lahore-on-august-26-to-mark-urs-of-data-ganj-bakhsh\/","title":{"rendered":"Public holidy in Lahore on August 26 to mark Urs of Data Ganj Bakhsh?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Punjab government is expected to announce a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/sindh-announces-public-holiday-across-province-on-august-20\/\">public holiday<\/a> on August 26 (Monday) in Lahore\u00a0to mark Urs of Hazrat Ali Hajveri, also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/lahore\/lahore-high-court-announces-holiday-next-week\/\">Data Ganj Bakhsh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Lahore High Court (LHC) declared a holiday on August 26 for courts to honor this significant religious event, however, the Punjab government has yet to officially declare a public holiday for this year&#8217;s Urs.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Lahore district administration announced a local holiday on September 7 on the occasion of the 980th Urs of Data Ganj Bakhsh in the provincial capital.<\/p>\n<h2>Holiday in Lahore on Data Ganj Bakhsh Urs<\/h2>\n<p>Considering this, there is speculation that a similar holiday could be declared this year, possibly around August 24. If such a holiday is confirmed, it will result in the closure of all educational institutions, including schools, colleges, and universities, across Lahore on August 26.<\/p>\n<p>The anticipation grows as the city prepares for the three-day annual celebrations of Data Ganj Bakhsh\u2019s\u00a0Urs, during which the Data Darbar will be beautifully illuminated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-42422812\" class=\"lazy-unit av-ads\" data-parent-unit=\"PON_In_Content_Lazy\" data-google-query-id=\"CNas0oSshogDFQ7RuwgdCLQfbg\">\n<p>Hazrat Ali Hajveri \u2013 aka Data Ganj Bakhsh\u2019s \u2013 was a famous Sufi saint, Persian scholar, mystic, and theologian, who played a significant role in the spread of Islam in the Indian subcontinent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Punjab government is expected to announce a public holiday on August 26 (Monday) in Lahore\u00a0to mark Urs of Hazrat Ali Hajveri, also known as Data Ganj Bakhsh. Earlier, the Lahore High Court (LHC) declared a holiday on August 26 for courts to honor this significant religious event, however, the Punjab government has yet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":33883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[20703,20702,20701],"class_list":["post-45780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-data-ganj-bakhsh-urs","tag-public-holidy","tag-public-holidy-in-lahore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45780","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45781,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45780\/revisions\/45781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}