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    Govt declares public holiday on August 26

    The Punjab authorities has introduced a public vacation in Lahore district on Monday, August 26, 2024, marking the 981st Annual Urs of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh (RA). The Services and General Administration Department (Welfare Wing) issued the notification on Tuesday. The vacation applies to all authorities places of work in Lahore, excluding the Punjab Civil […] More

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    Fight bigotry whenever and wherever it appears, UN chief declares

    On the night time of two August 1944, the final 4,300 Roma and Sinti within the Auschwitz-Birkenau focus camp have been murdered by the Nazi forces, regardless of their fierce resistance. That marked the killing of greater than 500,000 members of the group, representing no less than 1 / 4 of their complete inhabitants on […] More

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    Sindh declares August 20 as public holiday

    hrine of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai seen on this undated picture. — Facebook/TMA Bulri Shah Karim  KARACHI: Sindh will noticed a public vacation on August 20 (Tuesday) to mark the urs of Sufi poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, the provincial authorities notified on Friday.  A notification issued by the federal government state that each one […] More