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ISLAMABAD, (APP): On first working day after Eid-ul-
Fitr holidays, mainly thin attendance was observed in offices on
Monday.
People remained busy in wishing Eid to each other with
leisure mood while the major discussion was high rates of garments,
shoes, grocery items and non-availability of local transport during
the festival holidays.
This year the government had announced four-day official
leave from July 5 to 8 followed by week-end, but people from far-
flung areas avail remaining days to make their visits to native town
more memorable.
Locals mostly joined their offices while those who belong to
other cities have started returning back to the federal capital from
Sunday to spend some time with their family members and take further
rest before joining duties.
Hassan Talal, an employee of a private bank hailing from
Talagang said “My hometown was just at a distance of two and half
hours but I come back yesterday to avoid heavy traffic rush in
morning time.”
He said that the some of my staffers of far-flung areas like
Multan, Bahawalpur, Dera Ismail Khan and Bhakkar still in their
native town as they mostly visit once or twice in a year so their
long stay was justifiable.
Muhammad Azhar, a government employee said, all his
relatives live in the federal capital and that six day leaves were
enough to celebrate Eid with family members.
He said during Eid holidays they used to visit picnic spots
but every place was full of visitors and over-crowded while the
traffic jams had multiplied the problems of locals.