Public Holidays in Pakistan 2028

There are 16 Pakistani public holidays in 2028. 9 of them fall on working days, which leaves 251 working days after 106 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 2028 are Kashmir Solidarity Day (Saturday, February 5), Eid ul-Fitr (Saturday, February 26), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Sunday, February 27), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Monday, February 28), Pakistan Day (Thursday, March 23), Labour Day (Monday, May 1), Eid ul-Adha (Friday, May 5), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Saturday, May 6), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Sunday, May 7), Youm-e-Takbeer (Sunday, May 28), Ashura (Friday, June 2), Ashura (day 2) (Saturday, June 3), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Thursday, August 3), Independence Day (Monday, August 14), 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 2028: Feb 26–Feb 28 (3 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Apr 29–May 1 (3 days, Labour Day); May 5–May 7 (3 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); Jun 2–Jun 4 (3 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.