The government employees are going to enjoy a five day-long vacation starting from June 14 as the public offices of the country will remain closed for three days for Eid-ul-Azha and two days on the weekends.
The Eid holiday will go on from Sunday, June 16 to Tuesday, June 18. Taking in the weekends (Friday and Saturday) into account before it, public workers will be able to get a five consecutive days holiday.
The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on June 17 as the moon was sighted in the sky of the country on Friday.
However, the government has decided to run all government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous offices from 9am to 5pm after the Eid-ul-Azha holidays.
The government offices will reopen on June 19.