{"id":77721,"date":"2025-06-17T14:42:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T09:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=77721"},"modified":"2025-06-17T14:42:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T09:42:27","slug":"public-holiday-announced-on-june-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/public-holiday-announced-on-june-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Public holiday announced on June 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: Another holiday for\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Karachi\u00a0<\/span>residents\u00a0<\/span>on June 19, Thursday, in <\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>wake\u00a0<\/span>of the annual urs of Sufi saint Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi, Mayor Murtaza Wahab\u00a0<\/span>announced<\/span>\u00a0Monday.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Karachi\u00a0<\/span>Mayor\u00a0<\/span>Barrister Murtaza Wahab<\/span>\u00a0has\u00a0<\/span>declared<\/span>\u00a0a public holiday in\u00a0<\/span>Karachi<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>on Thursday,\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>occasion<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of the <\/span>Urs of Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi.\u00a0<\/span>A<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>public<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>notification\u00a0<\/span>from<\/span> the\u00a0<\/span>Senior Director of Human Resources Management (HRM)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>says\u00a0<\/span>all offices\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) will\u00a0<\/span>be<\/span>\u00a0closed on\u00a0<\/span>this<\/span>\u00a0day.<\/span><\/p>\n

June 19 Holiday Karachi<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

A notification issued in this regard <\/span>read<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>“<\/span>The Competent Authority, Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, is pleased to declare a local holiday on 22\u2033 Zill-Hajj, 1446 A.H., corresponding to Thursday, 19th June 2025, on the\u00a0<\/span>Annual Urs of Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi (R.A.), in\u00a0<\/span>pursuance<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0Council Resolution No. 594, dated 27-01-2005,\u00a0<\/span>adopted<\/span>\u00a0by the City Council, Karachi<\/span>.”<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>read<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>“<\/span>All offices under the jurisdiction of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) shall\u00a0<\/span>be<\/span>\u00a0closed on the above occasion, except offices providing essential services<\/span>.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Abdullah Shah Ghazi was\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>8th-century Sufi saint, and he is <\/span>said<\/span>\u00a0to have\u00a0<\/span>originated<\/span>\u00a0from Saudi Arabia. He\u00a0<\/span>rests<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in Karachi, Pakistan, where his shrine in Clifton is\u00a0<\/span>an<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>important<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>religious<\/span>\u00a0and cultural\u00a0<\/span>centre<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is venerated\u00a0<\/span>for his\u00a0<\/span>piousness<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>selflessness<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>his shrine\u00a0<\/span>draws<\/span>\u00a0thousands of\u00a0<\/span>pilgrims<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>annually<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>particularly<\/span>\u00a0during his\u00a0<\/span>yearly<\/span>\u00a0Urs.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: Another holiday for\u00a0Karachi\u00a0residents\u00a0on June 19, Thursday, in the\u00a0wake\u00a0of the annual urs of Sufi saint Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi, Mayor Murtaza Wahab\u00a0announced\u00a0Monday. Karachi\u00a0Mayor\u00a0Barrister Murtaza Wahab\u00a0has\u00a0declared\u00a0a public holiday in\u00a0Karachi\u00a0on Thursday,\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0occasion\u00a0of the Urs of Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi.\u00a0A\u00a0public\u00a0notification\u00a0from the\u00a0Senior Director of Human Resources Management (HRM)\u00a0says\u00a0all offices\u00a0of\u00a0Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) will\u00a0be\u00a0closed on\u00a0this\u00a0day. June 19 Holiday Karachi A notification […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":72057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7415,21427],"class_list":["post-77721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-public-holiday","tag-public-holiday-in-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77721","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=77721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77722,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77721\/revisions\/77722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}