Iqbal Day holiday. "Pakistanis now watch the match tomorrow with fun" Pakistan News Today

Iqbal Day holiday. "Pakistanis now watch the match tomorrow with fun" 

The T20 World Cup semi-final between Pakistan and New Zealand will be played at 1 PM Pakistan time..

The first semi-final of the ongoing ICCT20 World Cup in Australia will be played between Pakistan and New Zealand on Wednesday. 

On Wednesday, the 145th birth anniversary of Allama Iqbal, the national poet of Pakistan, on the occasion of which the government of Pakistan has declared a public holiday across the country and restored the holiday of November 9. Before the big match, Pakistani citizens were expressing their wish for a holiday on social media, which has been fulfilled after the announcement of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif. 

The semi-final of the T20 World Cup between Pakistan and New Zealand will be played at 1 pm according to Pakistan time, but now the citizens going to offices, schools, colleges and universities will be able to enjoy the cricket match with peace of mind.

Federal Govt restores public holiday for Allama Iqbal Day Nov 9.

On the day of the semi-final being a public holiday, the users of the social networking website Twitter are expressing happiness. Support Journalist Salim Khaliq writes that "The government has restored the Iqbal Day holiday on November 9, now it is a holiday for schools, colleges and offices; watch the semi-final with fun. 

The government has restored the Iqbal Day holiday on November 9. Watch the semi-finals..

(Asif Gakhar wrote that he was thinking that he will leave tomorrow for the semi-finals. It is no end of happiness to know that the notification of Iqbal Day holiday has been issued yesterday..)

("Tomorrow's holiday will be more fun if Pakistan wins the semi-final," says Queen Seerat..)

(Hadeel Obeid said, 'Yes, it is fine. After 7 years, the government got the idea to restore the holiday of Iqbal Day and that too on the day when Pakistan's semi-final is played well.)

(On the other hand, Indian citizens are also seeking leave from their government for the second semi-final between England and India on Thursday.)

(A user named Ratneesh said in his tweet that “Modiji. Declare a public holiday on the day of the semi-final between India and England on November 10)..