Public Holidays in Pakistan 2005

There are 14 Pakistani public holidays in 2005. 6 of them fall on working days, which leaves 254 working days after 105 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 2005 are Eid ul-Adha (Friday, January 21), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Saturday, January 22), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Sunday, January 23), Kashmir Solidarity Day (Saturday, February 5), Ashura (Friday, February 18), Ashura (day 2) (Saturday, February 19), Pakistan Day (Wednesday, March 23), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Thursday, April 21), Labour Day (Sunday, May 1), Independence Day (Sunday, August 14), Eid ul-Fitr (Thursday, November 3), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Friday, November 4), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Saturday, November 5) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Sunday, December 25).

There are 3 long weekends of three days or more in 2005: Jan 21–Jan 23 (3 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); Feb 18–Feb 20 (3 days, Ashura, Ashura (day 2)); Nov 3–Nov 6 (4 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)).

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.