ISLAMABAD: Federal government on Wednesday announced Eid-ul-Fitr holidays starting from June 26 Monday to June 28 Wednesday.

According to the official notification issued by the Ministry of Interior said that, all private and public offices will remain closed for three days from 26 to 28 June.

Due to a weekend preceding the Eid holidays, the off-days will be from June 24. In this way, employees of public and private companies will get a total of five holidays for Eid-ul-Fitr.

Whereas, majority of the schools and colleges already have summer vacations. The educational institutes are scheduled to reopen on August 15.

The annual holiday is given to celebrate the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr  marking the culmination of fasting month of Ramadan.