Holidays in Pakistan

All you want to know about Holidays in Pakistan

Holidays in Pakistan:

Yom-e-Difa

Date English Name Urdu Name Remarks
March 23 Pakistan Day یوم پاکستان

Yom-e-Pakistan

 Commemorates Pakistan Resolution on March 23, 1940 in Lahore and Republic Day in 1956
May 1 Labor day (May Day) یوم کاریگر

Yom-e-Karigar

 Labor day in Pakistan
August 14 Independence Day یوم استقلال

Yom-e-Istiqlal

 Commemorates Pakistan's independence from the United Kingdom on August 14, 1947
Defense Day
November 9 Birthday of Muhammad Iqbal یوم اقبال

Yom-e-Iqbal

 Birthday of national poet Muhammad Iqbal
December 25 Birthday of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah;

Christmas

 یوم ولادت قائداعظم

Yom-e-Viladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam

عيد ميلاد مسيح

Eid-ul-Milad-ul-Masseh

 Birthday of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah;

Christmas
Dates following the lunar Islamic calendar
Dhul Hijja 10 Eid ul-Adha عید الاضحٰی Commemorates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, occurs on the 10th day of the month of Dhul Hijja
Shawwal 1 Eid-ul-Fitr عيد الفطر Commemorates end of Ramadan (Ramazan). It occurs on the 1st day of Shawwal
Rabi`-ul-Awwal 12 Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi عيد ميلاد النبی Birthday of Prophet Muhammad. It occurs on the 12th of Rabi'-ul-Awwal(holiday this year 21 March 2008)
Muharram 10 Ashura عاشوراء Martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain. It occurs on the 10th day of Muharram
Ramadan last Friday Jumu'ah-tul-Wida جمعۃ الوداع It occurs on last Friday in Ramadan before Eid-ul-Fitr
Ramadan last ten nights of the month Laylat al-Qadr لیلۃ القدر It occurs on last ten nights in Ramadan

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