KARACHI: The Sindh Education Department has announced that all public and private schools across the province will remain close on August 26 on connection of Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain(RA).

The vacation in schools has been taken in the light of the decision of the steering committee of the provincial education department.

The Provincial Education Department has declared a holiday in all government and private schools of the province on Monday, August 26, on the occasion of  Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain.

The Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) will be observed on Monday across the province with religious zeal and reverence amid high security.

The event marks the culmination of a 40-day mourning period after the martyrdom date of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) and his 72 companions in the Battle of Karbala on the 10th of Muharram in 680AD.

The processions with Alam, Tazia, and Zuljinah would be taken out in different cities across the province.

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