Cancelation of Saturday Holiday and Change in Working Hours

As per the Aaj TV News Channel and others, the Prime Minister of Pakistan has decided for the Cancelation Saturday Holiday and the Change in Working Hours. This decision is for the Federal Government employees and Federal Government offices. As per the news, the following has been decided:

Notification Cancelation of Saturday Holiday 2022 and Change in Working Hours

No more holidays on Saturday, only the employees will observe the Sunday holiday
Office timings Holy month of Ramzan 2022 will start from 0800 HRS instead of 1000 HRS.

Now Cabinet Secretariat, Establishment Division has issued a Notification on 12-04-2022 regarding office working hours for 6 days a week.

Days	Timings
Monday to Thursday and Sunday	08:00 am to 03:00 pm
Prayer Break	01:00 pm to 01:30 pm
Friday	08:00 am to 1:00 pm

For Information to

President’s Secretariat (Personal) DS (Admn) Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad.

President’s Secretariat (Public), DS (Admn) Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad.

Prime Minister’s Secretariat (Public), DS (Admn), Islamabad.

Prime Minister’s Secretariat (Internal), DS (Admn), Islamabad.

The Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan, Islamabad.

The Auditor General of Pakistan, Islamabad.

The AGPR, Islamabad.

All Federal Ministries / Division. The Registrar, Supreme Court of Pakistan, Islamabad. Secretary, Senate Secretariat, Islamabad.	The Secretary, National Assembly Secretariat, Islamabad.
Secretary, FPSC, Islamabad.	Chief Secretaries, Government of the Punjab/Lahore, Sindh/Karachi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa/Peshawar, Balochistan/Quetta, Gilgit-Baltistan/Gilgit and AJK/Muzaffarabad.
The Director General, 1ST, Islamabad.
The Director General, 1B, Islamabad.	The Chief Commissioner, ICT (Admn), Islamabad.

Change in Office Timings

Federal Government previously announced that the Government offices will open at 10:00 am during the month of Ramzan. Now the new PM has decided to change the office timings. The closing timings were 4:00 pm but not yet updated for the closing timings. There are chances that it will be 3:00 pm. For its clarification, we’ll have to wait.

Saturday Holiday

Before this, the Federal Government enjoyed Saturday and Sundays Holidays. The PM has decided to cancel the Saturday holiday and the FG employees will observe only one weekly holiday on Sunday.