An official notification by the KP provincial administration department announced that four public holidays have been announced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.
According to the notice, all Government offices and institutions in the province will be closed on May 26th – May 29th.
The federal government has also declared Eid ul Azha vacations in Pakistan from 26th to 28th May on the approval of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
A notification regarding this stated that public holidays will be on May 26, 27 and 28.
Previously, the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee had announced that the Eid ul Azha will be celebrated on May 27 in Pakistan after Zilhaj moon was sighted in the country.
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The meeting of the committee was held at the office of the Meteorological Department in Karachi and zonal and district Ruet-e-Hilal Committee meetings were held in various places across the country.
The cattle markets of the country are seeing off-the-scale activity with traders flocking to these markets with all kinds of sacrificial cattle.
Special cattle markets have been opened in various major cities like Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar, and Quetta and in smaller towns and will remain in operation till the third day of Eid.
However, many citizens are finding it difficult to purchase animals due to soaring prices amid inflation.
This year, prices of sacrificial animals have skyrocketed, such that goats which used to sell for approximately Rs50,000 are now being sold for more than Rs100,000.
Larger animals have also seen a significant increase in prices, and citizens have called for an action by authorities to deal with these price increases and aid buyers.
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