Pakistan Public Holidays 2018

 
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Pakistan bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for the second half of 2018, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers.

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09 Nov 2018 Pakistan Rabi-ul-Awwal Public Holiday November 21 (Pakistan's Ministry of Interior-Islamabad) The Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Government of Pakistan has announced that the date for the upcoming Eid Milad-un-Nabi (the Prophet's Birthday), annual non-working public holiday throughout Pakistan for the calendar year 2018, would be Wednesday, November 21, 2018, as the Moon of Rabi ul Awwal had not been sighted last night. • 07 Nov 2018 Pakistan Iqbal Day Public Holiday Ruled-Out Again (Pakistan's Ministry of Interior-Islamabad) Pakistan's Ministry of Interior has yet again ruled-out the rumoured declaration of Friday, November 9, 2018, as a non-working public holiday in Pakistan on account of Iqbal Day. • 12 Sep 2018 Pakistan 2018 Ashura Public Holidays Extended (Pakistan's Ministry of Interior-Islamabad) The Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Government of Pakistan has announced 2 public holidays in Pakistan for the upcoming Ashura (Martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain) annual non-working public holidays in Pakistan for the calendar year 2018, as Thursday and Friday, September 20 and 21, 2018. • 10 Sep 2018 Pakistan 2018 Ashura Public Holiday (Pakistan's Ministry of Interior-Islamabad) The Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Government of Pakistan has announced the date for the upcoming Ashura (Martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain) annual non-working public holiday in Pakistan for the calendar year 2018, as Friday, September 21, 2018. • 18 Aug 2018 Pakistan 2018 Refuses Eid-ul Azha Public Holidays Extension (Pakistan's Ministry of Interior-Islamabad) The Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Government of Pakistan has confirmed the recently-announced dates for the upcoming Eid-ulAzha (Feast of sacrifice) annual non-working public holidays throughout Pakistan for the calendar year 2018, refusing to extend them any further. • 15 Aug 2018 Pakistan 2018 Eid-ulAzha Public Holidays (Pakistan's Ministry of Interior-Islamabad) The Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Government of Pakistan has amended the dates for the upcoming Eid-ulAzha (Feast of sacrifice) annual non-working public holidays throughout Pakistan for the calendar year 2018, extending the upcoming Eid-ulAzha non-working public holidays period to 3 consecutive days. • 08 Aug 2018 Pakistan Ramadan Bank Holiday August 14 (The State Bank of Pakistan-Karachi) The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced that Tuesday, August 14, 2018, would be a bank holiday throughout Pakistan on the occasion of the upcoming annual Independence Day Bank Holiday. • 12 Jul 2018 Pakistan Public Holiday July 25 (Pakistan's Ministry of Interior-Islamabad) The Federal Government of Pakistan via its Chief election commissioner, Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan, has declared Wednesday, July 25, 2018, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Pakistan on account of the general elections happening on that date. • 09 Jun 2018 Pakistan 2018 Eid-ul-Fitr Public Holidays Extended (Pakistan's Ministry of Interior-Islamabad) The Federal Government of Pakistan has once again amended the dates for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holidays throughout Pakistan for the calendar year 2018, by expanding these annual Pakistani public holidays to last 4 days. • 24 Apr 2018 Pakistan Public Holiday May 1st (Pakistan's Ministry of Interior-Islamabad) The Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Government of Pakistan has announced that Tuesday, May 1, 2018, would be the date of the upcoming annual non-working public holiday throughout Pakistan on account of the Labour Day non-working public holiday of Pakistan. • 27 Jan 2018 Pakistan 2018 Public Holidays Announced (Pakistan's Ministry of Interior-Islamabad) Pakistan's Ministry of Interior has issued a circular "Public and Optional Holidays for the calendar year-2018" which contains its annual list of the expected dates for non-working public holidays and optional holidays for the calendar year 2018 in Pakistan. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Pakistan public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Weekends: Pakistan followed the Western Saturday/Sunday weekend, from independence in 1947 to 1977 when then Prime Minister, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, introduced the Friday/Saturday weekend in an attempt to win over Muslim clerics. The weekends were moved back to Saturday/Sunday, in 1997, by then newly elected Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif. Then, in late 2010, the weekend for the public sector was reduced to one day only, Sundays. • The Muslim public holidays may last up to several days. In particular, the Eidul Azha public holidays are regularly gazetted to last only 2 days, but then they are extended to last 3 days at the last minute. • Allama Iqbal is Pakistan's national poet. • December 25 is a public holiday in Pakistan, not only on account of Christmas Day, but most importantly because it is the anniversary of the birth of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, often called the Father of the Nation . • The Second Day of Christmas is specifically listed by the government as a public holiday, but only for Christians. • Bank holidays are days the Banks will remain closed for public but not for their employees • The following are listed by the government as Optional Public Holidays for the federation and the provinces. These are denominational and may be alllowed at the discretion of the head of the office, provided the state of work permits. This was originally for minority communities under the 1934 Factories Act : • New Year's Day, Basant Punchami, Shivaratri, Holi, Dulhandi, Chelum, Baisakhi, Good Friday, Easter, Giarhwin Sharief, Budha Purnima, Janam Ashtami, Nauroz (Parsi New Year, see below), Shab-e-Meraj, Birthday of Lord Zoroaster (Khordad Sal), Shab-e-Berat, Durga Puja, Dusehra, Birthday of Guru Balik Swami Ji, Diwali, and Guru Nanak's Birthday. • Nauroz, which is a Persian word meaning New (Year) Day, is not only revered by the Parsi community but also by the Shia and Ismaili Muslims. Parsis celebrate Nauroz twice a year (once in March, to welcome the season of spring, according to the solar year, upon the vernal equinox of the sun, and once in July/August, to welcome the season of autumn, depending if one follows follow the Kadmi or the Shahenshahi calendar (the Kadmi New Year always precedes the Shahenshahi New Year by 30 days). • Pakistan International Codes PK and PAK (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .pk (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Pakistan information and news: State Bank of Pakistan (Pakistan central bank), UnitedHealthcare Global (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Pakistan maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Pakistan), and Wikipedia (includes Pakistan commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Pakistan, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Pakistan that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays, for Pakistan, were calculated using a mathematical model that is based on Sufist lunar visibility criteria. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2018 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Pakistan, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Pakistan, before planning any trip to Pakistan. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.

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