Public Holidays in Pakistan 2011

There are 14 Pakistani public holidays in 2011. 8 of them fall on working days, which leaves 252 working days after 105 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 2011 are Kashmir Solidarity Day (Saturday, February 5), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Tuesday, February 15), Pakistan Day (Wednesday, March 23), Labour Day (Sunday, May 1), Independence Day (Sunday, August 14), Eid ul-Fitr (Tuesday, August 30), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Wednesday, August 31), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Thursday, September 1), Eid ul-Adha (Sunday, November 6), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Monday, November 7), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Tuesday, November 8), Ashura (Sunday, December 4), Ashura (day 2) (Monday, December 5) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Sunday, December 25).

There are 3 long weekends of three days or more in 2011: Aug 30–Sep 1 (3 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Nov 5–Nov 8 (4 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); Dec 3–Dec 5 (3 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.