Public Holidays in Pakistan 2016

There are 14 Pakistani public holidays in 2016. 9 of them fall on working days, which leaves 252 working days after 105 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 2016 are Kashmir Solidarity Day (Friday, February 5), Pakistan Day (Wednesday, March 23), Labour Day (Sunday, May 1), Eid ul-Fitr (Wednesday, July 6), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Thursday, July 7), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Friday, July 8), Independence Day (Sunday, August 14), Eid ul-Adha (Sunday, September 11), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Monday, September 12), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Tuesday, September 13), Ashura (Monday, October 10), Ashura (day 2) (Tuesday, October 11), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Sunday, December 11) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Sunday, December 25).

There are 4 long weekends of three days or more in 2016: Feb 5–Feb 7 (3 days, Kashmir Solidarity Day); Jul 6–Jul 10 (5 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Sep 10–Sep 13 (4 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); Oct 8–Oct 11 (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.