Public Holidays in Pakistan 1979

There are 14 Pakistani public holidays in 1979. 12 of them fall on working days, which leaves 249 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 1979 are Kashmir Solidarity Day (Monday, February 5), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Friday, February 9), Pakistan Day (Friday, March 23), Labour Day (Tuesday, May 1), Independence Day (Tuesday, August 14), Eid ul-Fitr (Friday, August 24), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Saturday, August 25), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Sunday, August 26), Eid ul-Adha (Wednesday, October 31), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Thursday, November 1), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Friday, November 2), Ashura (Thursday, November 29), Ashura (day 2) (Friday, November 30) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Tuesday, December 25).

There are 6 long weekends of three days or more in 1979: Feb 3–Feb 5 (3 days, Kashmir Solidarity Day); Feb 9–Feb 11 (3 days, Eid Milad-un-Nabi); Mar 23–Mar 25 (3 days, Pakistan Day); Aug 24–Aug 26 (3 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Oct 31–Nov 4 (5 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); Nov 29–Dec 2 (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.