Khurram Pervaiz, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Rahim Yar Khan, has announced a holiday on October 1st (Wednesday).
The holiday was due to the annual Urs of Hazrat Khawaja Ghulam Fareed.
In the notification, it was clarified that the government offices will remain closed; however, the exams will be conducted as per schedule, and banks and federal departments will remain open.
The Urs celebrations include religious gatherings, Mehfil-e-Naat and Samaa (Qawali), as well as cultural activities, attracting thousands of devotees.
Khawaja Ghulam Farid was a 19th-century Sufi poet and mystic from Bahawalpur, Punjab, belonging to the Chishti Order. He’s revered in Pakistan for his profound spiritual poetry, which explores themes of love, spirituality and the human condition. Born between 1841 and 1845, Farid’s life was marked by tragedy, losing his parents at a young age and later his elder brother who raised him. Despite these challenges, he became a renowned scholar and writer, mastering multiple languages including Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Punjabi, Saraiki, Sindhi and Braj Bhasha.
