It wouldn’t be inaccurate to say that Iqbal Day holiday is a big concern for lazy Pakistanis everywhere. After the Interior Ministry was reported last year to have cancelled the holiday.

There was celebration after a notification was circulated that the holiday had been restored

But the notification was quickly dismissed as fake

And then the Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments announced official holidays 

All of this has obviously created a lot of confusion.

https://twitter.com/AnsHafeez/status/795889516758388736

People are furious for the government having stolen their extra sleep on the day of the birth of one of the greatest philosophers Asia, and quite possibly the world, has ever seen.

Many are also calling it a yahoodi saazish

https://twitter.com/Afzasiraj/status/795914657961742336

Also see: 15 Of The Biggest Yahoodi Saazishein That Have Ever Happened

Conspiracy theories are flying around about the cancellation

People are questioning political leaders instead of government officials about the cancellation of the holiday

https://twitter.com/yousuf1307/status/795914233334661120

This guy needs a holiday to recognize his “great HERO” because he’s probably otherwise too overworked to be able to do so.

People really, really wanted to celebrate Iqbal with a holiday, maybe so that they could read his groundbreaking work, in peace

https://twitter.com/aliarmankhan/status/795909605373214720

This guy really knows how those getting a holiday will be “celebrating” the day

So this one came up with a plan to ensure that the holiday is utilized effectively

People have also turned poets to commemorate the cancellation of the holiday

This honest dude has come forward with a genuine request

But mostly, people have this one question: