Public Holidays in Pakistan 2015

There are 15 Pakistani public holidays in 2015. 12 of them fall on working days, which leaves 249 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 2015 are Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Saturday, January 3), Kashmir Solidarity Day (Thursday, February 5), Pakistan Day (Monday, March 23), Labour Day (Friday, May 1), Eid ul-Fitr (Friday, July 17), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Saturday, July 18), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Sunday, July 19), Independence Day (Friday, August 14), Eid ul-Adha (Wednesday, September 23), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Thursday, September 24), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Friday, September 25), Ashura (Thursday, October 22), Ashura (day 2) (Friday, October 23), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Wednesday, December 23) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Friday, December 25).

There are 7 long weekends of three days or more in 2015: Mar 21–Mar 23 (3 days, Pakistan Day); May 1–May 3 (3 days, Labour Day); Jul 17–Jul 19 (3 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Aug 14–Aug 16 (3 days, Independence Day); Sep 23–Sep 27 (5 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); Oct 22–Oct 25 (4 days, Ashura, Ashura (day 2)); Dec 25–Dec 27 (3 days, Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas).

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.