Notification of Public and Optional Holidays 2016 in Pakistan

Notification F.No.2/6/2015-public is issued by Government of Pakistan ministry of interior dated 25-01-2016.of Public and Optional Holidays 2016 in Pakistan.
Note: Holidays for Muslim festivals are subject to appearance of moon for which separate notification will be issued.

Public and Optional Holidays for the year 2016
2, The following will be Bank holidays. However, on these days the Banks will remain closed for public but NOT for their employees:

1st January, 2016 (Friday)
1st July, 2016 (Friday)
7, June, 2016 (Tuesday) corresponding to 1st Ramazan 1437AH (subject to appearance of moon).

NOTE: In case of Muslim Festivals, the dates of Optional holidays are based on anticipated dates and are subject to appearance of moon.
Government servants desiring to avail themselves of Optional Holidays shall take prior permission of the Head of Office concerned and no Government Servant shall be granted more than one optional holiday in the case of Muslims and three optional holidays in the case of non-Muslims, in a calendar year.
The grant of this concession should not result in any dislocation of work. In the case of Muslim optional holidays, the number of persons permitted to avail optional holidays should be regulated in a manner so as to leave adequate staff for proper continuance of the work.
The optional holidays are denominational and may be allowed at the discretion of the Head of Office, provided the state of work permits.
A Government Servant should not ordinarily be refused an Optional Holiday that is of religious significance to him and the refusal is likely to decrease the number of such holidays to which he is entitled
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