Public Holidays in Pakistan 2012

There are 14 Pakistani public holidays in 2012. 8 of them fall on working days, which leaves 253 working days after 105 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 2012 are Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Saturday, February 4), Kashmir Solidarity Day (Sunday, February 5), Pakistan Day (Friday, March 23), Labour Day (Tuesday, May 1), Independence Day (Tuesday, August 14), Eid ul-Fitr (Sunday, August 19), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Monday, August 20), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Tuesday, August 21), Eid ul-Adha (Friday, October 26), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Saturday, October 27), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Sunday, October 28), Ashura (Friday, November 23), Ashura (day 2) (Saturday, November 24) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Tuesday, December 25).

There are 4 long weekends of three days or more in 2012: Mar 23–Mar 25 (3 days, Pakistan Day); Aug 18–Aug 21 (4 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Oct 26–Oct 28 (3 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); Nov 23–Nov 25 (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.