Bahria University Islamabad has announced a five-day holiday for Eid-ul-Fitr.
“Bahria University and its constituent units will remain closed from 2 to 6 May on account of Eid-ul-Fitr,” it said in an official notification issued yesterday.
Since the university does not operate on Saturdays and Sundays, its students get a total of nine holidays with two weekends on either side of the official holidays.
The University of Balochistan had also issued a notification announcing its Eid holidays and will remain closed from 2 to 6 May.
Meanwhile, the federal government has announced a four-day public holiday for Eid-ul-Fitr this year. As per PTV News, the federal cabinet has finalized four holidays, from Monday, 2 May to Thursday, 5 May.
The Ministry of Interior had initially forwarded a summary for three public holidays but Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved four holidays instead.