Sindh government announces holiday on September 1.
The Sindh caretaker government declared a public holiday on September 1 (Friday) in honour of Sufi saint Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai’s Urs.
According to a notification issued by the provincial caretaker administration, all offices, educational institutions, autonomous and semi-autonomous entities, businesses, and local councils under the Sindh government will be closed on Friday, save for necessary services.
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The notification says, “The government of Sindh declares 14th Safar 1445 (A.H) September 1, 2023, as a public holiday throughout the province of Sindh on the occasion of urs of Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (RA) for all offices, autonomous, semi-autonomous bodies, corporations and local councils under the administrative control of the government of Sindh, except essential services.”
Every year on the 14th Safar (the second month of the Hijra calendar), Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai’s urs begins and lasts three days. According to sources, the three-day urs event would begin with poetry marathons, literature conferences, and other activities.
Sindh government announces holiday on September 1, check the notification:
Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai commonly known by the honorifics Lakhino Latif, Latif Ghot, Bhittai, and Bhit Jo Shah, was a Sindhi Sufi mystic and poet from Pakistan, widely considered to be the greatest poet of the Sindhi language.
Bhittai grew up in the nearby town of Kotri Mughal, the son of a Sayyid family (descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima) of Hala Haweli, near modern-day Hala.
He left home at the age of 20 and travelled throughout Sindh and neighbouring areas, meeting numerous mystics and Jogis whose influence may be seen in his poetry.
