Shab e-Barat is an optional holiday. Employment and holiday laws in Pakistan allow employees to choose a limited number of holidays from a list of optional holidays. Some employees may choose to take the day off on this day, however, most offices and businesses remain open.
Holiday currently only shown for years 2015–2021.
Note: A limited number of optional holidays are granted to workers from specific groups, religious denominations, or sects. The holiday should not result in any substantial work disruption.
Shab-e-bنننن or Barat Night, is a Muslim holiday celebrated on the 14th night of the month of Sha’aban, the eighth month of the Islamic calendar. It commemorates the entry of Muhammad into the city of Mecca.
The Arabic name “Laylat al Barat” (Arabic: ليلة البراءة) means Barat Night where “البراءة” \meaning in English is “the quality of being guileless””without guile or deception”. On this night Allah said :
who wants forgiveness, I will forgive you. Who wants food, I will provide food.` Allah said this over again and again until fajr. The festival of Shab-E-Barat is celebrated with pomp and enthusiasm by Muslims all over the world.
For,Muslims believe that on the night of Shab-E-Barat God writes the destinies of all men for the coming year by taking into account the deeds committed by them in the past.It is considered one of the holiest nights on the Islamic Calendar.
