Public Holidays in Pakistan 2020

There are 14 Pakistani public holidays in 2020. 10 of them fall on working days, which leaves 252 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 2020 are Kashmir Solidarity Day (Wednesday, February 5), Pakistan Day (Monday, March 23), Labour Day (Friday, May 1), Eid ul-Fitr (Sunday, May 24), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Monday, May 25), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Tuesday, May 26), Eid ul-Adha (Friday, July 31), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Saturday, August 1), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Sunday, August 2), Independence Day (Friday, August 14), Ashura (Friday, August 28), Ashura (day 2) (Saturday, August 29), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Thursday, October 29) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Friday, December 25).

There are 7 long weekends of three days or more in 2020: Mar 21–Mar 23 (3 days, Pakistan Day); May 1–May 3 (3 days, Labour Day); May 23–May 26 (4 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Jul 31–Aug 2 (3 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); Aug 14–Aug 16 (3 days, Independence Day); Aug 28–Aug 30 (3 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.