Public Holidays in Pakistan 1961

There are 14 Pakistani public holidays in 1961. 9 of them fall on working days, which leaves 251 working days after 105 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 1961 are Kashmir Solidarity Day (Sunday, February 5), Eid ul-Fitr (Saturday, March 18), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Sunday, March 19), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Monday, March 20), Pakistan Day (Thursday, March 23), Labour Day (Monday, May 1), Eid ul-Adha (Thursday, May 25), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Friday, May 26), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Saturday, May 27), Ashura (Friday, June 23), Ashura (day 2) (Saturday, June 24), Independence Day (Monday, August 14), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Thursday, August 24) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Monday, December 25).

There are 6 long weekends of three days or more in 1961: Mar 18–Mar 20 (3 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Apr 29–May 1 (3 days, Labour Day); May 25–May 28 (4 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); Jun 23–Jun 25 (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.