Public Holidays in Pakistan 1997

There are 14 Pakistani public holidays in 1997. 9 of them fall on working days, which leaves 252 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 1997 are Kashmir Solidarity Day (Wednesday, February 5), Eid ul-Fitr (Sunday, February 9), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Monday, February 10), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Tuesday, February 11), Pakistan Day (Sunday, March 23), Eid ul-Adha (Friday, April 18), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Saturday, April 19), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Sunday, April 20), Labour Day (Thursday, May 1), Ashura (Friday, May 16), Ashura (day 2) (Saturday, May 17), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Thursday, July 17), Independence Day (Thursday, August 14) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Thursday, December 25).

There are 3 long weekends of three days or more in 1997: Feb 8–Feb 11 (4 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Apr 18–Apr 20 (3 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); May 16–May 18 (3 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.