public holidays calendar 2025

Cabinet Division releases public holidays list for 2025

December 23, 2024

Triumph of Pakistan Forces: Ceasefire Marks Strategic Win
Triumph of Pakistan Forces: Ceasefire Marks Strategic Win Alhamdulillah, today we witness the triumph of the Pakistan defence forces with the announcement of a ceasefire. We were ably led by our worthy Chief of Army General Asim Muneer. Allah has granted them success and protected our nation in the face of aggression. No words can…
Elon Musk’s regulatory issues have begun to melt away in Trump’s second term
Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s regulatory problems have started to fade into the past. Since the start of the second Trump administration, federal agencies that had scrutinized Musk and his business empire in recent years have begun to look a lot different. At the Department of Agriculture, for example, President Donald Trump fired the person who…
Pakistani Celebrities pay tribute to their mothers on Mother’s Day 2025
Pakistani Celebrities pay tribute to their mothers on Mother’s Day 2025 Mothers are celebrated globally for their love, care, and dedication to their children. Pakistan stands with mothers who lost their children to Indian aggression. Pakistanis honor their mothers and pay tribute to grieving women. Mothers bless not just their homes but the entire nation.…
Israel’s blockade means Gaza’s hospitals cannot provide food to recovering patients
It cost a fortune, she said, but Asmaa Fayez managed to buy a few zucchinis in a Gaza market. She cooked them with rice and brought it to her 4-year-old son, who has been in the hospital for the past week. The soup was his only meal of the day, and he asked for more. “It’s all…
Flights between Pakistan, UAE restarts after hiatus
Flights between Pakistan, UAE restarts after hiatus Air travel between Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has restarted, with flights now operating from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah airports to multiple destinations in Pakistan. According to UAE aviation authorities, major airports in the Emirates have restarted operations for Pakistan-bound flights. Dubai Airport officials confirmed…
‘China here, China there’: Cambodian city reshaped by Chinese money
BAVET, Cambodia — As Chinese manufacturers ramping up investment in this Cambodian border city, whole neighborhoods cropping up in the area to cater to them, and there are signs that the factories are putting a strain on the power grid and labor market. Bavet in Svay Rieng province, more than three hours from Phnom Penh by…
Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine, a Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages in Sunday appeal
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages and delivery of humanitarian aid in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff. “Never again war!” Leo said from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. Recalling the end of World War…
How Leo became the unexpected pope
“Nobody does drama like the one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church,” said Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, shortly after emerging from the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV on Thursday. The quick decision, made some 33 hours after the Sistine Chapel’s doors closed and the cardinals went into sequestration, was a sign that…
Tribal communities risk losing local libraries and the history they hold amid DOGE cuts
Inside a 90-square-mile stretch of rural reservation between the eastern Jemez Mountains and the banks of the Rio Grande River sits the Santa Clara Pueblo Community Libr, an anchor for the northern New Mexico tribe it serves. Internet service across the Santa Clara Pueblo reservation is sparse, the tribe’s governor, James Naranjo, told NBC News,…