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- April 21, 2024
- Kainat Shakeel
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In response to the arrival of foreign dignitaries, including Iranian President Dr. Ebrahim Raisi, the Sindh government has declared April 23 (Tuesday) a public holiday in the Karachi division to “avoid inconvenience to the general public.” The Iranian president will make an official visit to Pakistan from April 22 (Monday) to April 24 (Wednesday), according to a statement released earlier today by the Foreign Office (FO). The Foreign Office claimed that the Iranian president would be accompanied by his spouse and a high-level delegation that included top officials, a sizable business delegation, the foreign minister, and other cabinet members.
It also said, “He will meet with the provincial leadership while on visits to Lahore and Karachi.” All government and private offices, as well as public and private educational institutions, would remain closed except for essential services and officials performing emergency duties, according to a notification issued today by Karachi Commissioner Syed Hassan Naqvi’s office. The administrations of the other two cities on the Iranian delegation’s itinerary, Islamabad and Lahore, have not made any such declarations.
As declared by the Sindh government, it is the second public holiday of the month. Since Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the founder of the PPP and former prime minister, passed away on April 4, the day has been observed as a public holiday.