{"id":64852,"date":"2025-02-07T22:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=64852"},"modified":"2025-02-07T22:43:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:43:33","slug":"will-14-february-be-a-public-holiday-in-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/will-14-february-be-a-public-holiday-in-punjab\/","title":{"rendered":"Will 14 February be a Public Holiday in Punjab?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Islamic month of Shaban commenced in Pakistan on January 31, following the sighting of the moon on Thursday, as confirmed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/umar-farooq-to-receive-hilal-e-imtiaz-for-exposing-pti-leader-in-toshakhana-watch-case\/\">Ruet-e-Hilal Committee<\/a> after reviewing testimonies from across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The holy night of<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/shab-e-miraj-to-be-observed-tonight\/\"> Shab-e-Barat<\/a> will be observed by the Muslims on February 13. Being a very significant night, it is known for prayers seeking blessings, forgiveness, and peace.<\/p>\n<p>In recognition of Shab-e-Barat, the Sindh government has declared a local holiday for all educational institutions (schools, colleges, and universities) on 14th February 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The decision means an extended weekend for students and allows them to celebrate the occasions without committing to academic work. The Punjab government, in contrast, has not yet announced a public holiday on 14th February, which means educational institutions in the province shall function normally unless there is notice to the contrary.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, students in Punjab will have to report to class on February 14, unless the government decides on a later date to announce another holiday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Islamic month of Shaban commenced in Pakistan on January 31, following the sighting of the moon on Thursday, as confirmed by the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee after reviewing testimonies from across the country. The holy night of Shab-e-Barat will be observed by the Muslims on February 13. Being a very significant night, it is known [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":27810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,2],"tags":[5325,10415,26373],"class_list":["post-64852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-pakistan","tag-ruet-e-hilal-committee","tag-shab-e-barat","tag-public-holiday-on-14-february"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64852","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=64852"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64853,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64852\/revisions\/64853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}