National Holidays in Pakistan in 2024

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List of Holidays in Pakistan in 2024

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Monday	Jan 01	Bank Holiday	Not A Public Holiday	Banks are closed
Monday	Feb 05	Kashmir Solidarity Day	National Holiday
Wednesday	Feb 07	Shab e-Meraj	Regional Holiday	Sindh only
Thursday	Feb 08	Public Holiday	National Holiday	For General Election
Monday	Feb 26	Shab e-Barat	Regional Holiday	15 Sha'aban
Saturday	Mar 02	Mela Chiraghan	Regional Holiday	Lahore
Tuesday	Mar 12	Bank Holiday	Not A Public Holiday	Banks are closed
Saturday	Mar 23	Pakistan Day	National Holiday
Monday	Mar 25	Holi	Regional Holiday	Hindu community in Sindh
Monday	Apr 01	Day after Easter	Regional Holiday	Christian Community in Punjab
Thursday	Apr 04	Death of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto	Regional Holiday	Balochistan, Sindh
Wednesday	Apr 10	Eid ul-Fitr	National Holiday	End of Ramadan
Thursday	Apr 11	Eid ul-Fitr Holiday	National Holiday
Friday	Apr 12	Eid ul-Fitr Holiday	National Holiday
Saturday	Apr 13	Eid ul-Fitr Holiday	National Holiday
Tuesday	Apr 23	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Karachi
Tuesday	Apr 23	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Karachi
Wednesday	May 01	Labour Day	National Holiday	International Workers' Day
Tuesday	May 28	Youm-e-Takbeer	National Holiday
Monday	Jun 17	Eid ul-Azha	National Holiday	Feast of the Sacrifice
Tuesday	Jun 18	Eid ul-Azha Day 2	National Holiday
Wednesday	Jun 19	Eid ul-Azha Day 3	National Holiday
Saturday	Jun 29	Urs of Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi	Regional Holiday	Karachi
Monday	Jul 01	Bank Holiday	Not A Public Holiday	Banks are closed
Tuesday	Jul 16	Ashoora	National Holiday	9th day of Muharram
Wednesday	Jul 17	Ashoora	National Holiday	10 Muharram
Wednesday	Aug 14	Independence Day	National Holiday	National Day
Tuesday	Aug 20	Urs of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai	Regional Holiday	Sindh
Monday	Aug 26	Urs Mubarak of Hazrat Data Gunj Bakhsh	Regional Holiday	Lahore only
Monday	Aug 26	Chehlum of Hazrat Imam-e-Hussain	Regional Holiday	Safar 20
Tuesday	Sep 17	Eid Milad-un-Nabi	National Holiday	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Monday	Oct 14	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Islamabad/Rawalpindi
Tuesday	Oct 15	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Islamabad/Rawalpindi
Wednesday	Oct 16	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Islamabad/Rawalpindi
Thursday	Oct 24	Founding Day	Regional Holiday	Azad Kashmir
Thursday	Oct 31	Diwali	Government Holiday	Balochistan Hindu govt employees
Friday	Nov 01	Diwali	Government Holiday	Balochistan, Sindh Hindus
Friday	Nov 01	Diwali	Regional Holiday	Balochistan, Sindh Hindus
Saturday	Nov 02	Diwali	Regional Holiday	Balochistan Hindu govt employees
Saturday	Nov 09	Iqbal Day	National Holiday
Wednesday	Dec 25	Quaid-e-Azam Day	National Holiday
Thursday	Dec 26	Day after Christmas	National Holiday	Observed by Christians only

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Notes

• Holidays are observed on their calendar date.
• Since 1996, Friday has been a half-working day and Sunday is the weekly holiday of the country.

Pakistan Holiday News

• 07 November 2024: Pakistan Announces Public Holiday for Iqbal Day source: Public Holiday News
• 06 September 2024: Eid Milad-un-Nabi 2024: Pakistan announces public holiday on September 17 source: Public Holiday News