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Is Pakistan changing its weekly holidays?

Rumours started going around after Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Mohammed visited Pakistan.

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Published: Thu 21 Feb 2019, 3:40 PM

Last updated: Thu 21 Feb 2019, 5:43 PM

Rumours of Pakistan changing its weekly off days have finally been put to rest.

Fawad Hussain, the federal minister for information and broadcasting, on Thursday tweeted the clarification.

"No change in weekly holiday calendar is under consideration, all such rumours regarding change in this regard are baseless," the tweet said.

Rumours that Pakistan was considering changing weekly holidays to Friday and Saturday had been floating around. According to these rumours, Sunday would have been a working day, Pakistani news website Samaa.tv said in a report.

This was a practice in the country till 1997, it added.
Rumours started going around after Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Mohammed visited Pakistan.


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