Sindh announces public holiday on Dec 27

Karachi: The Sindh government Tuesday announced that a public holiday will be observed on December 27 on account of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's 15th death anniversary.

In this regard, an official notification has also been issued by the Services, General Administration, and Coordination Department of the provincial government. 

"The Government of Sindh has been pleased to declare 27's December, 2022 (Tuesday) as a public holiday throughout the province of Sindh on the occasion of shahadat of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto for all offices, autonomous, semi-autonomous bodies, corporations, and local councils under the administrative control of Government of Sindh, except the essential services and those engaged in COVID-19 emergency and flood relief duties,” read the notification. 

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and former president Asif Ali Zardari will address a public meeting organized on the day at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh to mark the 15th martyrdom anniversary of Benazir Bhutto.

Moreover, a public holiday will also be observed on December 26 (for Christians only) on the occasion of the day after Christmas throughout Sindh. 

Benazir Bhutto, the first woman to become prime minister of a Muslim country, was assassinated on December 27, 2007 in an attack after addressing an election rally in Rawalpindi.