Bahawalpur: The local government has announced a local holiday on the occasion of 45th Death Anniversary of the Nawab of Bahawalpur, Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V, sources informed.
A number of political and social bodies are expected to hold the meetings to pay tributes to the late Nawab of Bahawalpur.
However, controller examinations Local Board Ataullah Shah said that despite local government has announced a holiday on such a big occasion but the annual Intermediate examinations 2012 will be held as per the schedule.
It is to mention here that the late Nawab had established Jamia Abbasia here in 1925 which was upgraded as Islamia University in Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s tenure in 1975.