Public Holidays in Pakistan 2018

There are 14 Pakistani public holidays in 2018. 12 of them fall on working days, which leaves 249 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 2018 are Kashmir Solidarity Day (Monday, February 5), Pakistan Day (Friday, March 23), Labour Day (Tuesday, May 1), Eid ul-Fitr (Friday, June 15), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Saturday, June 16), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Sunday, June 17), Independence Day (Tuesday, August 14), Eid ul-Adha (Tuesday, August 21), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Wednesday, August 22), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Thursday, August 23), Ashura (Wednesday, September 19), Ashura (day 2) (Thursday, September 20), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Tuesday, November 20) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Tuesday, December 25).

There are 4 long weekends of three days or more in 2018: Feb 3–Feb 5 (3 days, Kashmir Solidarity Day); Mar 23–Mar 25 (3 days, Pakistan Day); Jun 15–Jun 17 (3 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Aug 21–Aug 23 (3 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (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.