Public Holidays in Pakistan 2017

There are 14 Pakistani public holidays in 2017. 9 of them fall on working days, which leaves 251 working days after 105 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 2017 are Kashmir Solidarity Day (Sunday, February 5), Pakistan Day (Thursday, March 23), Labour Day (Monday, May 1), Eid ul-Fitr (Sunday, June 25), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Monday, June 26), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Tuesday, June 27), Independence Day (Monday, August 14), Eid ul-Adha (Friday, September 1), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Saturday, September 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Sunday, September 3), Ashura (Friday, September 29), Ashura (day 2) (Saturday, September 30), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Thursday, November 30) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Monday, December 25).

There are 6 long weekends of three days or more in 2017: Apr 29–May 1 (3 days, Labour Day); Jun 24–Jun 27 (4 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Aug 12–Aug 14 (3 days, Independence Day); Sep 1–Sep 3 (3 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); Sep 29–Oct 1 (3 days, Ashura, Ashura (day 2)); Dec 23–Dec 25 (3 days, Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas).

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.