Public Holidays in Pakistan 1996

There are 14 Pakistani public holidays in 1996. 11 of them fall on working days, which leaves 251 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 1996 are Kashmir Solidarity Day (Monday, February 5), Eid ul-Fitr (Tuesday, February 20), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Wednesday, February 21), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Thursday, February 22), Pakistan Day (Saturday, March 23), Eid ul-Adha (Sunday, April 28), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Monday, April 29), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Tuesday, April 30), Labour Day (Wednesday, May 1), Ashura (Monday, May 27), Ashura (day 2) (Tuesday, May 28), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Sunday, July 28), Independence Day (Wednesday, August 14) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Wednesday, December 25).

There are 4 long weekends of three days or more in 1996: Feb 3–Feb 5 (3 days, Kashmir Solidarity Day); Feb 20–Feb 22 (3 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Apr 27–May 1 (5 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3), Labour Day); May 25–May 28 (4 days, Ashura, Ashura (day 2)).

The weekend in Pakistan is Saturday and Sunday. Holidays that fall on a weekend are shown in the list.

Federal public holidays. Islamic holidays depend on the moon sighting in Pakistan and are often a day later than shown.

Dates marked tentative follow the moon: Islamic holidays use the Umm al-Qura calendar and depend on the moon sighting, and festival dates for years without an official list are estimated. The official date can differ by a day.