Category: Asia

The private and public sectors will observe the same number of days In an unexpected move, the UAE Cabinet has approved the public holidays for the rest of 2019 and 2020. There are two notable issues from the announcement. Firstly, the private sector has been granted the same number of holidays as the public sector. […]

The Pakistan Federal government have released the list of public holidays for 2019 According to a notification issued by Pakistan Interior Ministry, there will be 14 public holidays in 2019, including Kashmir Day, Pakistan Day, Labour Day, Eidul Fitr, Eidul Azha, Independence Day, Ashura, Eid Miladun Nabi (PBUH) and Quaid-e-Azam Day. “In case of Muslim […]

Day Off on the 6th March 2019 Law no. 10/2005, of August 10, in the wording defined by Law no. 3/2016, of May 25, establishes the days that are national holidays, the official commemorative dates and the other circumstances in which tolerance days-off may be granted. When it comes to tolerance days-off, paragraph C) of […]

The schedule for public and optional holidays in Pakistan has been released. The Interior Ministry has issued a circular with the details of the public holidays expected during 2019. Note that some of the holidays are dependent on the sighting of moon and may be subject to change. In addition to the public holidays, banks […]

The Abu Dhabi government has announced the public holiday for New Year 2019 in the United Arab Emirates Tuesday 1 January 2019, will be a holiday for all public sector and private sector employees. The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation and the Federal Authority for Human Resources, responsible for the public sector, has announced […]

The Iraqi cabinet has announced a change to the national holiday law, extending Christmas Day from a Christian-only holiday to a national one. On Christmas Day, the Iraqi Cabinet approved an amendment to its national holiday law to create a new official holiday ‘on the occasion of the birth of Jesus Christ’. In Iraq, where […]