Iqbal Day: Public holiday on Nov 9 restored. The federal government on Tuesday announced November 9 as a public holiday, in connection with the birth anniversary of the country’s national poet and philosopher Allama Muhammad Iqbal.
A notification issued by the Prime Minister’s Office dated 08.11.2022 said, “The Prime Minister has been pleased to desire that 9th November (Iqbal Day) shall henceforth be observed as a public holiday”.
Following this, the Cabinet Division in a notification issued said, “In continuation of the Cabinet Division’s circular No. 10-01/2021-Min-II dated 17th December 2021, it is for general information that the Prime Minister is pleased to restore the public holiday on occasion of the birthday of Allama Iqbal, i.e. 9th November. Therefore, Wednesday 9th November 2022 shall be observed as public holiday throughout the country”.
Earlier, No public holiday: Schools to remain open on Iqbal Day as annouced in November 04, 2015, when the federal government’s announcement said that there will be no public holiday on Iqbal Day, schools in Karachi announced that they will remain open. And on Fri December 25, 2015 when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise visit to Pakistan on Friday – a significant sign the icy relationship between the two neighbors is thawing and the Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif greeted him at an airport in Lahore
