{"id":1095,"date":"2025-05-23T15:29:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2025-05-23T15:29:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:29:53","slug":"banks-to-remain-closed-on-may-28-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/05\/23\/banks-to-remain-closed-on-may-28-2025","title":{"rendered":"Banks to Remain Closed on May 28, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"372\"><strong>ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced that all banks across Pakistan will remain closed on Wednesday, May 28, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"372\">This closure is in observance of Youm-e-Takbeer, a public holiday commemorating Pakistan\u2019s nuclear tests conducted on May 28, 1998.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"374\" data-end=\"377\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"404\">Details of the Closure<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"406\" data-end=\"651\">SBP stated that all commercial banks, development finance institutions (DFIs), and microfinance banks (MFBs) will be closed for public dealings on this day.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"406\" data-end=\"651\">The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) will also remain closed in recognition of the holiday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SBP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SBP<\/a> will remain closed on May 28, 2025 being public holiday on the occasion of &#8220;Youm-e-Takbeer&#8221; as declared by the Government of Pakistan.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AsfFatX0wK\">https:\/\/t.co\/AsfFatX0wK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yt72FwjarU\">pic.twitter.com\/yt72FwjarU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SBP (@StateBank_Pak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateBank_Pak\/status\/1925820117100716069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"653\" data-end=\"656\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"658\" data-end=\"687\">Impact on Banking Services<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"689\" data-end=\"954\">During the holiday, in-person banking services such as cash withdrawals, deposits, and account queries will be unavailable.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"689\" data-end=\"954\">However, digital banking services, including online platforms and ATMs, will remain operational for customers to conduct remote transactions.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"956\" data-end=\"959\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"961\" data-end=\"988\">Customer Recommendations<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"990\" data-end=\"1211\">Customers are advised to complete any urgent banking transactions before May 28.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"990\" data-end=\"1211\">It is recommended to use digital banking channels for essential services on the day of the holiday and to plan ahead to avoid inconvenience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced that all banks across Pakistan will remain closed on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. This closure is in observance of Youm-e-Takbeer, a public holiday commemorating Pakistan\u2019s nuclear tests conducted on May 28, 1998. Details of the Closure SBP stated that all commercial banks, development finance institutions (DFIs), &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[123,127,128,131,124,129,24,130,132,126,125],"class_list":["post-1095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","tag-bank-closure","tag-commercial-banks","tag-development-finance-institutions","tag-digital-banking","tag-may-28-2025","tag-microfinance-banks","tag-pakistan","tag-pakistan-stock-exchange","tag-public-holiday","tag-state-bank-of-pakistan","tag-youm-e-takbeer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1097,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions\/1097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}