Public Holidays in Pakistan 1959

There are 14 Pakistani public holidays in 1959. 13 of them fall on working days, which leaves 248 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 1959 are Kashmir Solidarity Day (Thursday, February 5), Pakistan Day (Monday, March 23), Eid ul-Fitr (Thursday, April 9), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Friday, April 10), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Saturday, April 11), Labour Day (Friday, May 1), Eid ul-Adha (Wednesday, June 17), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Thursday, June 18), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Friday, June 19), Ashura (Thursday, July 16), Ashura (day 2) (Friday, July 17), Independence Day (Friday, August 14), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Wednesday, September 16) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Friday, December 25).

There are 7 long weekends of three days or more in 1959: Mar 21–Mar 23 (3 days, Pakistan Day); Apr 9–Apr 12 (4 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); May 1–May 3 (3 days, Labour Day); Jun 17–Jun 21 (5 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); Jul 16–Jul 19 (4 days, Ashura, Ashura (day 2)); Aug 14–Aug 16 (3 days, Independence Day); 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.