{"id":5340,"date":"2025-08-12T22:31:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=5340"},"modified":"2025-08-12T22:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:31:35","slug":"public-holiday-announced-in-rawalpindi-ahead-of-independence-day-festivities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/08\/12\/public-holiday-announced-in-rawalpindi-ahead-of-independence-day-festivities","title":{"rendered":"Public holiday announced in Rawalpindi ahead of Independence Day festivities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"400\">Rawalpindi: Following a similar move by Islamabad, the district administration of Rawalpindi has declared a local holiday on <strong data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"338\">Wednesday, August 14<\/strong>, in connection with Pakistan\u2019s Independence Day celebrations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"402\" data-end=\"596\">According to an official notification issued by Deputy Commissioner Dr. Hassan Waqar Cheema, <strong data-start=\"495\" data-end=\"548\">all provincial government offices and departments<\/strong> across the city will remain closed for the day.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"598\" data-end=\"832\">The decision comes a day after Islamabad authorities announced a <strong data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"709\">local public holiday on Tuesday, August 13<\/strong>, during which <strong data-start=\"724\" data-end=\"791\">educational institutions, private offices, and business centers<\/strong> in the federal capital will stay closed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"1051\">These back-to-back holidays aim to facilitate preparations and ensure smooth conduct of <strong data-start=\"922\" data-end=\"949\">Independence Day events<\/strong> in the twin cities, while also minimizing traffic congestion and providing convenience to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: Following a similar move by Islamabad, the district administration of Rawalpindi has declared a local holiday on Wednesday, August 14, in connection with Pakistan\u2019s Independence Day celebrations. According to an official notification issued by Deputy Commissioner Dr. Hassan Waqar Cheema, all provincial government offices and departments across the city will remain closed for the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2465,2383,2390,2463,2461,2464,1121,2462,2466,2294],"class_list":["post-5340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","tag-august-14","tag-educational","tag-government","tag-local-public-holiday","tag-private-offices","tag-provincial","tag-rawalpindi","tag-tuesday","tag-wednesday","tag-youdigital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5340","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5342,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5340\/revisions\/5342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}