Karachi: For the first time, the colourful religious Hindu festival Holi will be a public holiday in Pakistan’s Sindh province, the government has announced.
In an unprecedented move, the provincial Sindh government issued a notification declaring March 24 as a public holiday.
Earlier only the minority Hindu community in Pakistan were given holiday to celebrate the “festival of colours.” “But this is the first time we have declared Holi as a public holiday throughout the province,” said a spokesman for the Chief Minister House.(PTI)