The federal government has on Friday announced two holidays for the upcoming Youm-e-Ashura, a major religious observance of the martyrdom at Karbala of Hazrat Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. The notification from the Interior Ministry said that the government has declared August 18 and 19 as public holidays to mark Youm-e-Ashura. Earlier this week, the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee