{"id":99528,"date":"2026-02-02T17:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=99528"},"modified":"2026-02-02T17:55:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:55:23","slug":"federal-govt-announces-public-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/federal-govt-announces-public-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Govt announces public holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The federal government has declared February 5, 2026, a public holiday across Pakistan to mark <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/govt-announces-public-holiday-on-feb-5-kashmir-day\/\">Kashmir Solidarity Day<\/a>, according to a press release issued by the Cabinet Division.<\/p>\n<p>The notification states that all public and private offices will remain closed nationwide. The government has announced that at 10:00 am, all citizens will observe a one-minute silence to honor the Kashmiri martyrs.<\/p>\n<p>The Sindh government has issued a separate notification that establishes a public holiday for the same date. The Sindh Services, General Administration and Coordination Department confirmed that all government offices, autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies, local councils, and corporations under provincial control will remain closed, except for essential services.<\/p>\n<p>The Sindh notification directed all institutions to observe a one-minute silence at 10:00 am to show solidarity with the people of Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>Kashmir Solidarity Day is observed annually to express Pakistan\u2019s support for the people of Indian occupied Kashmir and to reaffirm their right to self-determination.<\/p>\n<p>The nation observes the occasion through public events, special programs, and seminars, which take place throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/basant-holidays-announced-in-punjab\/\"><strong>Basant Holidays Announced in Punjab<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The federal government has declared February 5, 2026, a public holiday across Pakistan to mark Kashmir Solidarity Day, according to a press release issued by the Cabinet Division. The notification states that all public and private offices will remain closed nationwide. The government has announced that at 10:00 am, all citizens will observe a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":72057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[7415,11216],"class_list":["post-99528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-public-holiday","tag-kashmir-solidarity-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99528","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=99528"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99532,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99528\/revisions\/99532"}],"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=99528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}