*ISLAMABAD – **List of public and optional holidays announced by federalgovernment for 2020, media report has revealed. *
*The federal government issued on Thursday a list of public and optionalholidays for Calendar Year 2020.*
There will be 10 public holidays in 2020, according to a notification bythe Ministry of Interior.
These holidays include Kashmir Day, Pakistan Day, Labour Day, Eidul Fitr,Eidul Azha, Independence Day, Ashura, Eid Miladun Nabi, Quaid-e-AzamDay/Christmas and the day after Christmas.
The government issued a schedule of bank holidays on January 1, April 24corresponding with 1st Ramazan and July 1.
Apart from these, it also announced 23 optional holidays. For the firsttime, the government announced a holiday on the birth anniversary of BabaGuru Nanak.








