Pak province will celebrate Hindu holiday

AFP, KARACHI: Pakistan’s southern Sindh province has announced a public holiday to celebrate Holi next week, the first time the Hindu “festival of colours” will be officially marked in the overwhelmingly Muslim country.
The move comes days after Pakistan’s federal parliament passed a non-binding resolution that called for the country to observe Hindu and Christian holidays.
“We have announced a public holiday across the province on March 24 for the festival of Holi,” Maula Bakhsh Chandio, a senior aide to the province’s chief minister Qaim Ali Shah told AFP.
A government circular that was tweeted by Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari, daughter of the ex-president Asif Ali Zardari, added that all government bodies except essential services would be off for the day.

Pak province will celebrate Hindu holiday

AFP, KARACHI: Pakistans southern Sindh province has announced a public holiday to celebrate Holi next week, the first time the Hindu festival of colours will be officially marked in the overwhelmingly Muslim country. The move comes days after Pakistans federal parliament passed a non-binding resolution that called for the country to observe Hindu and Christian holidays. We have announced a public holiday across the province on March 24 for the festival of Holi, Maula Bakhsh Chandio, a senior aide to the provinces chief minister Qaim Ali Shah told AFP. A government circular that was tweeted by Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari, daughter of the ex-president Asif Ali Zardari, added that all government bodies except essential services would be off for the day.