{"id":17144,"date":"2022-08-03T16:48:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T16:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=17144"},"modified":"2022-08-03T16:48:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T16:48:04","slug":"muharram-2022-govt-announces-two-day-holiday-for-ashura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=17144&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Muharram 2022: Govt announces two-day holiday for Ashura"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ISLAMABAD: The federal government approved on Wednesday two holidays on account of Aushra (Muharram 9 and 10), a notification from the Cabinet Division said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The holidays will fall on August 9 and 8 as Pakistanis and Muslims across the globe will observe the religious occasion with grief and sorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The holy month of Muharram-ul-Haram, marking the beginning of the new Islamic year, 1444 AH, fell on July 31, the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As large gatherings are expected during the holy month, the National Command and Operation Centre has restricted the elderly and children from attending the gatherings and\u00a0<em>majalis\u00a0<\/em>during Ashura \u2014 in a bid to keep them safe from COVID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Following are the guidelines for holding gatherings and processions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures i.e mask-wearing, social distancing and use of sanitisers\/hand washing should be adhered to<\/li><li>Organising committees should make arrangements for all SOPs<\/li><li>Zakirs and participants should be vaccinated against COVID-19<\/li><li>Venue for conduct of Majalis should be open and spacious with proper<\/li><li>ventilation arrangements.<\/li><li>Wearing of masks and maintenance of social distancing is mandatory<\/li><li>during majalis and Processions. Availability of masks and sanitisers\/hand\u00a0washing<\/li><li>Controlled participation according to capacity of venues and avoidance of overcrowding<\/li><li>Duration of majalis and processions should be curtailed.<\/li><li>Majalis where SOPs cannot be effectively implemented such as<\/li><li>homes and private gatherings should be discouraged.<\/li><li>Elderly above 65 years, children and co-morbid may be sensitized to<\/li><li>attend Majalis at home through live streaming.<\/li><li>Proper arrangements for cleaning venues with chlorine before and after the events<\/li><li>Display of COVID-19 SOPs and precautions at prominent places.<\/li><li>SOPs compliance by employing volunteer scouts.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"miscellaneous-aspects\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Miscellaneous Aspects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Arrangements for food and drinks in spacious and ventilated place.<\/li><li>Emphasis on use of disposable utensils; preference on pre-packaged boxes for distribution of food.<\/li><li>Avoiding overcrowding at food distribution points\/locations.<\/li><li>No handshake and embracing.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"areas-of-focus\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Areas of Focus<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the aspects meriting necessary actions at the federal and federating units level include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Messaging by religious clerics for uniform implementation of SOPs \/guidelines proposed by NCOC.<\/li><li>Strict enforcement of SOPs by civil administration.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News ISLAMABAD: The federal government approved on Wednesday two holidays on account of Aushra&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_appearance_grid":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,71,38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-important-news","8":"category-latest-news","9":"category-pakistan","10":"cs-entry","11":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17160,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17144\/revisions\/17160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}