Public Holidays in Pakistan 2023

There are 15 Pakistani public holidays in 2023. 12 of them fall on working days, which leaves 248 working days after 105 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 2023 are Kashmir Solidarity Day (Sunday, February 5), Pakistan Day (Thursday, March 23), Eid ul-Fitr (Friday, April 21), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Saturday, April 22), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Sunday, April 23), Labour Day (Monday, May 1), Eid ul-Adha (Wednesday, June 28), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Thursday, June 29), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Friday, June 30), Ashura (Thursday, July 27), Ashura (day 2) (Friday, July 28), Independence Day (Monday, August 14), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Wednesday, September 27), Iqbal Day (Thursday, November 9) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Monday, December 25).

There are 6 long weekends of three days or more in 2023: Apr 21–Apr 23 (3 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Apr 29–May 1 (3 days, Labour Day); Jun 28–Jul 2 (5 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); Jul 27–Jul 30 (4 days, Ashura, Ashura (day 2)); Aug 12–Aug 14 (3 days, Independence Day); Dec 23–Dec 25 (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.