Overview
- The Services and General Administration and Coordination Department issued the notification establishing the Dec. 27 holiday.
- All government and semi-government offices, including local councils, will be closed across Sindh on Saturday, Dec. 27.
- Essential services remain exempt under the province’s holiday provisions.
- Sindh authorities say preparations are underway to honor Benazir Bhutto in a “grand and befitting manner.”
- The announcement sits within the year-end calendar, with Sindh observing Dec. 25 provincewide and Dec. 26 for Christian employees, while Punjab has also declared Dec. 25–26.