{"id":99402,"date":"2026-02-01T10:04:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T05:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=99402"},"modified":"2026-02-01T10:04:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T05:04:34","slug":"lahore-to-enjoy-five-day-holidays-from-feb-4-to-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/lahore-to-enjoy-five-day-holidays-from-feb-4-to-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Lahore to enjoy five-day holidays from Feb 4 to 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/punjab-government-takes-historic-step-to-reform-land-registration\/\">Punjab government<\/a> has announced 5-day special holidays in Lahore from February 4 to February 8. Along with national days, the city\u2019s traditional festival of Basant has also been included.<\/p>\n<p>According to the provincial government\u2019s announcement, the holidays will begin on February 4 with Shab-e-Barat. While February 5 will be a national holiday on the occasion of Kashmir Day. After this, Basant celebrations will be held from February 6 to 8. As a result, citizens will get 5 consecutive days of holidays.<\/p>\n<p>Schools, colleges and government offices will remain closed during these holidays. So that citizens can participate in Basant celebrations and spend time with their families.<\/p>\n<p>The authorities have emphasized on safety measures especially related to kite flying during Basant. Because in the past, there have been concerns of crowds and accidents on this occasion.<\/p>\n<p>According to the city administration, the purpose of the long holidays is to respect Lahore\u2019s cultural traditions, provide recreational opportunities to the public and promote social activities.<\/p>\n<p>Also read: PTI founder to be released soon, says Sohail Afridi<\/p>\n<p>Local organizers are organizing various events and programs to celebrate Basant in a safe manner. These will include music concerts, kite flying competitions and community activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Punjab government has announced 5-day special holidays in Lahore from February 4 to February 8. Along with national days, the city\u2019s traditional festival of Basant has also been included. According to the provincial government\u2019s announcement, the holidays will begin on February 4 with Shab-e-Barat. While February 5 will be a national holiday on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":45262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[467],"class_list":["post-99402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-punjab-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99402","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=99402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99403,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99402\/revisions\/99403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}