Public Holidays in Pakistan 1956

There are 14 Pakistani public holidays in 1956. 10 of them fall on working days, which leaves 251 working days after 105 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 1956 are Kashmir Solidarity Day (Sunday, February 5), Pakistan Day (Friday, March 23), Labour Day (Tuesday, May 1), Eid ul-Fitr (Saturday, May 12), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Sunday, May 13), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Monday, May 14), Eid ul-Adha (Thursday, July 19), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Friday, July 20), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Saturday, July 21), Independence Day (Tuesday, August 14), Ashura (Thursday, August 16), Ashura (day 2) (Friday, August 17), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Wednesday, October 17) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Tuesday, December 25).

There are 4 long weekends of three days or more in 1956: Mar 23–Mar 25 (3 days, Pakistan Day); May 12–May 14 (3 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Jul 19–Jul 22 (4 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); Aug 16–Aug 19 (4 days, Ashura, Ashura (day 2)).

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.